Make science come alive as kids learn aboutlevers and pulleyswith these funsimple machines for kidslesson.

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Levers and Pulleys

This is the fifth and final part of ourSimple Machineshands-on science unit.

Make science come alive as kids learn about levers and pulleys with these fun simple machines for kids lesson.  We’ve included hands-on levers and pulleys experiment, activities and pulleys and levers examples for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students.

Levers and Pulleys Experiments

A door is a jot down of lever.

We used a ruler, Lego Duplo as ourfulcrum, and a book.

Then the kids pushed down on the opposite end.

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Having the fulcrum closest to the object we were lifting made it easiest .

Ever since ourMedieval Ages history unitmy kids are even more into castles.

So we just had to make the common middle ages lever a catapult.

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It is used for lifting, lowering, or moving objects.

Some examples of pulleys include cable cars, ski lifts, playground zipline, and more.

This kids thought it was hilarious!

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Lever and pulley

Then we tried an experiment using several pulleys.

By having more than one pulley it made the job easier.

Try these educational activities for students:

simple lever experiments for kids

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Multiple pulleys make jobs easier

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