GUMBALLS GALORE!

Simple machines are all around us! We have been reading and doing hands-on tasks to learn about how these six (or seven) basic machines work. To really put our learning into action we are creating machines that use as many of these as possible. And just how, you may be wondering. Well, we are creating our own "gumball" machines in CLIC.

4K has been challenged to make a ball move through a series of simple machines to move from one point to another. We have only just begun! But as you will see from the photos below, we are inventing some innovative machines! Stay tuned for updates on our progress.

The seven simple machines are:

• levers
• incline planes
• pulleys
• screws
• wheel and axle
• wedge
• gears (some say these are just wheels and axles)