Lesson

Title/Focus

Lesson #7 - Stations

Subject/Gr
ade Level

Grade 4 / Science

Unit

Wheels and Levers

Date
Time
Durati
on
Teache
r

Nov. 25
1 hour
Caitlyn Kasprick

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcom
es:
Specific
Learning
Outcom
es:

46 Demonstrate a practical understanding of wheels, gears and

levers by constructing devices in which energy is transferred to
produce motion.
3.Construct devices that use wheels and axles, and demonstrate and describe their use in:
model vehicles, pulley systems or gear systems.
4. Construct and explain the operation of a drive system that uses one or more of the
following: wheel-to-wheel contact a belt or elastic a chain cogs or gears.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Construct devices that use gear systems.
2. Know how gear systems work.
3. Know how wheel-to-wheel contact systems work.

ASSESSMENTS
Key Questions:

How do gear systems work?

How do wheel to wheel contact systems work.

LEARNING RESOURCES
CONSULTED

Alberta Program of Studies

Edmonton Public
EduMedia
YouTube

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Materials for gear construction

Beta Lab
Set up stations
Station Booklet

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Advance
Organizer/Agen
da

Introduction

Get supplies
Write the I can statement on the board:
I know how pulley, wheel-to-wheel and gear systems
work.
Introduction
Time
Beat the Clock
Introduction
Explain the stations
N/A
Do the stations
Clean up
Conclusion what we will be doing tomorrow.
Beat the Clock (5 mins)
6 mins
Get a drink
Use the bathroom
Sharpen your pencil
Get out your science duotang
o If students are done, have them log
on to a computer so that stations can
be set up.
Recap of yesterday:

Learning
Activity #1

Learning
Activity #2

Learning
Activity #3
Conclusion

We have now learned what rollers, axles,

pulleys and gears do.
Today we are going to go through stations in
groups to construct gears, look at different
simulations on the IPads and answer some
questions in a booklet.
Body
Hand out the booklets.
Explain the stations and the booklet (7 different stations: 7 - 8
mins per station)
The stations instructions are all explained at the top of
each page.
Each page is titled according to what station it is
explaining.
All students will go through the instructions and
complete each page at each station.
If students complete the station they are on before we
switch groups they can work on a crossword and word
search that is at the back of their booklet.
Give students their groups. (6 groups of 3 & 1 group of
4)
Sent students to their stations.
1) Pulleys - http://junior.edumediasciences.com/en/media/408-pulleys
2) Construct a 2 gear system 3) Construct a 3 gear system
4) Belt System (Motion Transmission) http://junior.edumediasciences.com/en/media/831-motiontransmission-systems
5) Friction Wheels (Motion Transmission) http://junior.edumediasciences.com/en/media/831-motiontransmission-systems
6) Gear vs How many turns (Gears and Chain
Transmission) - http://junior.edumediasciences.com/en/media/724-gears-and-chaintransmission
7) Bevel Gears - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ymHzbN1oK1w
Clean up the stations, return computers to the computer cart.
Science duo tangs need to go back on the shelf.
Tomorrow we will go over the booklet as a
class. (If we are done the stations)
We will finish the stations tomorrow (if we
are not done the stations.)

Time

8 mins

40 mins

5 mins

1 min

Sponge
Activity/Activitie
s

Start going over the booklets and discussing their

findings.