How we make a 3rd grade education come alive:
- While studying simple machines, each student creates a compound machine using at least two simple machines. Creations have consisted of cereal dispensers, catapults, and machines that moved objects and cars using pulleys and inclined planes.
- The students then visit Colvin Run Mill to see simple machines in real action. They watched simple machines at work in the barn and learned how farmers got their products to the general store.
- State Fair Day is the cumulation of learning about the United States. The children learn about one state and help the school learn about it as well, by making a float and parade.
