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What Simple Machine?
Which Food Group?
100
Give a real life example of a lever.
Many possible answers - see saw, gear shift, shovel, wheel barrow etc...
100
Give one example of an inclined plant/ramp.
Many possible answers - wheelchair ramp, slide, roller coaster, hill etc...)
100
Give 1 example of a food that belongs in the Milk and Alternatives category?
Many possible answers (milk, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese etc...)
100
I help you to get from place A to place B, Your legs would be tired if it weren't for me, I roll and I roll and I roll and I roll, I'll take you to Toronto so you don't have to stroll. What simple machine am I?
Wheel and Axle
100
Which food group am I from? Apples, Celery and Avocado?
Fruits and Vegetables
200
Give 2 examples of a wheel and axle.
Many possible answers - car, bike, skateboard etc...
200
Give 2 examples of a wedge.
Many possible answers - axe, teeth, knife, boat (cuts through water), door stop etc...
200
Give 2 examples of food items that belong in the Meat and Alternative category.
Many possible answers (chicken, steak, nuts, tofu, peanut butter...etc...)
200
I teeter and totter and lift you up high, My base is a fulcrum, I swear it's no lie, You use me to lift and to shift and to pry, Please tell me, what simple machine am I?
Lever
200
Which food group am I from? Cheese, soy milk and yogurt
Milk and Alternatives
300
Give me 2 examples of a pulley.
Many possible answers - flag pole, elevator, blinds or curtains etc...
300
Give me 2 examples of a screw.
Many different answers - spiral slide, actual screw, lid of a jar....
300
Give 2 examples of food items that belong in the Grain Group.
Many possible answers - bread, crackers, oatmeal, rice, corn etc....
300
I slice through your steak and can chop down a tree, On boats I can help you to sail through the sea, I can be found in your mouth and help you to chew, A Simple Machine am I, but who?
Wedge
300
Which food group am I from? Oatmeal, muffins and rice
Grain Products
400
Tell me 3 simple machines you might use to build a house. Explain your answer with examples.
Many possible answers - screws to hold the wood together, wheels to move large things around (wheelbarrow), ramps to carry things up, pulleys (crane) to life large frames up on top, nails (wedges) to hold things down...hammers are levers and wedges etc...
400
Tell me 3 simple machines you might find at the park. Explain your answers with examples.
Slides - inclined plane/ramp, teeter-totter - lever, spiral slide - screw, wagons and skateboards etc... - wheel and axle, shovels - wedges, zip-line - pulley (maybe)
400
Give 10 examples of food items that belong in the Fruits and Vegetables Group. Yes TEN!!!
Many possible answers....
400
Twist and turn, I'll hold on tight, Holding things together with all of my might, I keep the roof on and close up your pickles, My end is quite pointy and might even prickle. What Simple Machine am I?
A screw.
400
Which food group am I from? Turkey, black beans, peanut butter
Meat and Alternatives
500
How would you lift a lion? You need to get him from the gym to the zoo truck waiting in the parking lot. Use at least 3 simple machines in your answer.
Many possible answers...
500
What simple machines might you find in your kitchen? See if you can come up with 3 examples.
Wedge - knives, forks, cheese grater, door stop Lever - forks, spoons, scissors, can-opener Wheel and axle - can-opener rotation, rolling pin Pulley - clothesline outside the window :) Inclined plane - cheese grater, cutting board when angled to put things into a pot or bowl, Screw - wine bottle opener, holding various things together, jars and lids in the fridge and elsewhere
500
Create a lunch. You must have something from each food group, a healthy drink AND one 'sometimes' food for dessert.
Many possible answers....
500
A rope and a wheel, Elevator up and down, Which machine am I?
A cheek little haiku....actually a PULLEY :)
500
For breakfast I had oats, yogurt and blueberries. What food groups have I eaten? What is missing? What can you add to my breakfast so I'm eating from all 4 food groups?
Grains, Milk and Alternatives and Fruits and Vegetables. Missing - Meat and alternatives many suggestions possible...hopefully one of them is bacon ;) YUM!!