Machines at Work online (Grade 4-6)

Theme:  

• Simple machines are the building blocks to complex machines 

• Complex machines work in tandem to produce products 

• Everyone and every machine have a part to play 

Description: This 60-minute online workshop is an interactive presentation about compound machines and an assembly line (the canning line) tour led by Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site programming staff. Students will take the roles as “detectives” and will explore three key complex machines.

This unit includes:  

• Complete unit design (no need to add any extra work)
• 60-minute workshop online (ZOOM)
• Kahoot! quiz
• An optional classroom kit (loaned) with wooden simple machines
• Word search
• Multiple activities
• Two scavenger hunts
• Historical photos and videos
• Offered in English or in French

Bonus: A physical kit can be booked on loan for a week for no extra cost. It includes wooden replicas of simple machines. The kit must be picked up at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site in Steveston. Instructions will be included to help students deepen their knowledge on how the simple machines work.