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This experiment always surprises everyone – eggs truly are an amazing piece of natural engineering and a great demonstration of how strong domes are. What you will need: Raw egg A flat baking tray Small piece of play dough heavy books What you will do: 1\u00a0Place the play dough onto a table and stand the Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> I bet you never thought you could build your own clock, but you can, of sorts!\u00a0 This version of a sand clock works in exactly the same way as traditional hour glasses and is a fun engineering experiment for your students. Engineering Experiment: Make an hour glass\u00a0 What you will need: \u2022\u00a0 2 similar clear Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> While a winch is not often included in a list of simple machines, it is a great experiment to include in this unit as it starts a discussion about what simple machines are and how they help us.\u00a0 A winch is part wheel and axle, part pulley, part lever! An experiment about engineering: \u00a0Make a Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> A great hands on simple machines experiment about the simplest of all machines – an inclined plane.\u00a0 Students will genuinely be able to see the difference an inclined plane makes to the amount of effort needed to raise a load and will be able to compare a long inclined plain with a shallow slope with Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> There are 3 different kinds of levers.\u00a0 In this engineering science experiment you can build them and learn how they work. An Experiment about\u00a0 Engineering:\u00a0 Types of levers What you will need: \u2022\u00a0 A ruler \u2022\u00a0 A plastic cup – an empty yoghurt tub is ideal \u2022\u00a0 Small weights or coins \u2022\u00a0 Tape or poster Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div> In this Simple Machines science experiment your students are introduced to levers. An Experiment about Engineering:\u00a0 Levers What you will need: \u2022\u00a0 A pile of reasonably heavy books – about 4 should do, dictionaries are ideal. \u2022\u00a0 2 pencils \u2022\u00a0 A ruler What you will do: 1 Place the books in a pile. 2 Put Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","max_pages":2}