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Take a virtual tour of mechanical museums featuring gear mechanisms. Create a digital scavenger hunt where you need to:
1. Identify different types of gears (spur, bevel, worm)
2. Explain their applications
3. Analyze why specific gear types were chosen for each application

Document your findings in a Google Doc with images and explanations.

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An unusual and exciting interactive museum housing a century of arcade games

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Use the PhET Interactive Simulations to explore gear physics. Complete these activities:
1. Investigate torque transfer between gears
2. Analyze energy conservation in gear systems
3. Study friction effects
4. Document how gear size affects mechanical advantage

Create a lab report using Google Docs.

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PhET Interactive Simulations: OERs for STEM Education

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Using your Chromebook, research and create a digital portfolio of real-world gear applications. Include:
- Bicycles
- Cars
- Industrial machinery
- Watches

For each example, explain:
- Type of gears used
- Gear ratio importance
- Why that specific gear configuration was chosen

Present your findings in a Google Sites page.

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Using a web-based 3D model viewer, examine universal joint mechanisms and their gear components. Tasks include:
1. Identifying all gear components
2. Understanding how universal joints allow angular movement
3. Analyzing limitations and advantages
4. Creating a presentation about their applications

Share your findings through Google Slides.

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Using Google Slides animation features, create a step-by-step animation showing:
1. How gear trains transfer motion
2. The effect of idler gears
3. Direction changes in gear systems
4. Speed variations with different gear sizes

Add explanatory notes and calculations to each slide.

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By converting our sims to HTML5, we make them seamlessly available across platforms and devices. Whether you have laptops, iPads, chromebooks, or BYOD, your favorite PhET sims are always right at your fingertips.Become part of our mission today, and transform the learning experiences of students everywhere!