Introduction: This lesson provides students with a review of simple machines and their tasks. It works best in combination with your lesson on simple machines, or as a review/additional activity ...

The students borrowed coffeemakers, toasters, waffle irons, pancake griddles and even cereal and milk to create their Rube Goldberg machines – a complex and creative way to achieve simple tasks.

This lesson will provide children with a basic understanding of the various uses of inclined planes and encourage them to think about how ramps are used through experimentation.