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Brainteaser/Riddle of the Day (April 9th)

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Brainteaser/Riddle of the Day (April 9th)

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A 6x6x6 cube block contains 216 individual cubes. How many more cubes are needed to complete this cube?

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What is the most dangerous animal in the world?

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What is the most dangerous animal in the world?

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Today's Focus:

Simple machines make work easier.

They have few or no moving parts.

They change the direction of a force or the amount of force needed to do something.

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Questions to print (or copy) out and respond to are attached below. You can submit your answers in our Science section on Edmodo. A picture, scan, or document upload of your work will work. Using https://speechnotes.co/ (for text-to-speech) or a voice recorder (like https://online-voice-recorder.com/) and submitting that work is also fine.

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Today's Focus:

A pattern of motion is the repeated process of an object moving.

Patterns of motion can be used to make predictions.

When one surface rubs against another we get friction.

Friction slows things down.

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Click here!

Questions to print (or copy) out and respond to are attached below. You can submit your answers in our Science section on Edmodo. A picture, scan, or document upload of your work will work. Using https://speechnotes.co/ (for text-to-speech) or a voice recorder (like https://online-voice-recorder.com/) and submitting that work is also fine.

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Patterns of Motion and Friction Reading Material

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Patterns of Motion and Friction Reading Material

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Use this link to play an old computer game that has you travelling through a maze collecting vehicle parts. You'll have to use your knowledge of simple machines, structural supports, friction, etc to solve puzzles!

The objective of the game is to win 15 races in different vehicles against Morty Maxwell at the Shady Glen Technology Center. This is done by moving the Super Solver around a series of warehouses to collect vehicle parts by solving puzzles involving principles of physics.

Have fun!

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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! is an educational game aimed at children to teach them about the inner workings of science and technology. The game was developed and published by The Learning Company in 1993. Play Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! online!

The mischievous Morty Maxwell has taken over as the head scientist at the Shady Glen Technology Center. Players must try to reclaim the building by proving that they a better scientist than Monty.

Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! game description

Morty Maxwell, the Master of Mischief, has moved into the Shady Glen Technology Center and taken over as the head scientist! Your job is to accept Morty's challenge and prove that you are a better scientist than he is. Morty has locked the doors in the warehouse with science puzzles. Show him how much you know about science by solving the puzzles. Then go through the doors, find the best vehicle parts, and build faster vehicles than Morty builds. To make your job more difficult, Morty's sneaky Cyber Chimps are collecting vehicle parts, too.

Outsmart the Chimps by throwing bananas to them and making them take a nap. Race against Morty and win all 15 of the challenge races. You will reclaim the Technology Center and be the head scientist!

The game take place in a side-scrolling platforming environment, where players must unlock doors by solving puzzles. Morty has enlisted the help of Cyber Chimps, who are also collecting vehicle parts; players can throw bananas at the chimps to make them take a nap.

Solving puzzles gives access to vehicle parts, which are used to build a vehicle to race against Morty. Players compete in 15 races; if players win all of the races, they will reclaim the Technology Center and become the head scientist.

Play Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! online

You can play Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! online here, in web browser for free!

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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! | Play game online!

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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! is an educational game aimed at children to teach them about the inner workings of science and technology. The game was developed and published by The Learning Company in 1993. Play Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! online!