SCIENCE UNIT 7: MACHINES

Dear Parents,

Your child is about to start unit 7. The topic of this unit is Machines. In this unit, your child will:

·learn to identify a machine and classify machines as simple machines and complex machines

·learn to recognise some simple machines, how some work and identify some simple machines in your everyday life

·learn to identify some commonly used complex machines and recognises the importance of certain complex machines in your everyday life

·learn to recognise what certain complex machines are used for

·learn to identify some parts of a bicycle

·learn to understand how the parts of the bicycle work together to make the bicycle function

·learn to recognise how the bicycle has changed over time

·learn to listen to, read and understand a story about machines

·learn to write a simple text about an important invention

Additionally in this unit, your child will investigate how a pulley works.

Mrs. Eva.