Lever, pulley, wheel and axle, and incline plane

Do you have trouble fitting all your clothes and toys into your luggage?

Maybe your desk looks like a tornado struck it. 

Fitting different size items into rectangular spaces is not always easy. Tetris can help you develop Maths skills to keep your desk, bedroom and luggage organized.

Methods for making simple pulleys

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Two tantalizing tongue twisters to try

Fresh fried fish,
Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.

If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly could they keep their colored coat colored correctly?

The stones, carrot and scarf

Five stones, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the grass. Nobody put them on the grass but there is a perfectly sensible reason why they are there. What is it?

Click the picture to explore using simple machines

Why did twitch use simple machines?
Which simple machines can be used to lift heavy objects?
Which can be used to make transporting objects easier?
How was each simple machine built?

The Man in the Elevator

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Everyday he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?

Do all pentominoes have the same area and perimeter?

1. Make as many pentominoes as you can.
2. Draw your pentominoes in your notebook.
3. Record the area and perimeter of each pentomino.
4. Compare your results with other groups. How many different pentominoes did you find?
5. Do all pentominoes have the same area and perimeter? Explain.

Reduce, Recycle, REUSE

More ideas for re-purposing your items

Recycled and upcycled craft ideas

to help you think about how to re-purpose your item