Tauira taking this course should have a notes book to write in, a pen and a calculator.
We'll begin by looking at all the different types of energy, and how they're conserved in physical interactions. We'll categorise energies into potential or kinetic energy and learn about how they do work. We'll use Newton's Laws to understand the forces they create.
During the simple machines part of the course we'll learn about how the force required to do a task can be reduced by increasing the distance of the applied force. We'll learn about all the simple machines: screws, levers, pulleys, wedges and inclined planes. We'll look at how these simple machines are put together to form complex machines and look at making something of our own.
Assessment will be by making a rube goldberg machine, or something that uses simple machines and explaining the energy transformations and simple machines within the build.