Inclined Planes

We watched the The Way Things Work DVD on inclined planes today, at the girls' request. Afterwards, Madeline decided to try to build the steep inclined plane by herself.  I was not sure if she would be able to follow the instructions on her own, but I figured she would ask for help if she needed it.  I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that she was able to complete the project on her own, and even went on to make a modified version of the wheelbarrow to hold a doll to ride down the incline.  On another day we will experiment with the benefits of using an inclined plane.

Levers

I picked up some of the The Way Things Work DVDs from the library, and the rest of our K'Nex Education sets arrived, so we decided to learn about levers.  

These are the videos we picked up.

 

This is the kit we used.

Both Isabella and Madeline worked very hard to make the see-saw.

Actually, I was amazed that Madeline was able to follow some of the instructions herself.

They worked together!

A proud Isabella showing off the finished project!

Isabella did lots of testing to see how it worked!  The girls are clearly enjoying these projects.  They keep asking to do more!