Lesson Plan: Mechanical Devices: Gears
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe how gears are used to turn a smaller force into a larger effect.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define the term gears,
- describe how gears work,
- explain how gears are useful,
- identify devices that use gears.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the terms clockwise and counterclockwise used to describe motion,
- multiplying and dividing whole numbers within the multiplication tables up to .
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- levers,
- pulleys.
