Force, Motion, & Simple Machines Big Box Software, 3 CDs
Explore the concepts of force, motion and machines with your students with our engaging and highly interactive 240 screen page digital lesson plan. Combining the 3 books in this series, Force, Motion and Simple Machines, students will gain a clear understanding of how movement works in the world around us. Students begin by exploring the different kinds of forces that work on contact and at a distance. Then, students move on to finding out how linear, accelerating, rotating and oscillating motion relates to everyday life. Finally, students finish up the lesson by learning how simple machines work together to create compound machines. Using any brand of Interactive Whiteboard, you will be able to create an opportunity for students to get more involved in the lesson. Each ready-made screen contains reading passages, before and after you read interactive activities, memory match game, crossword, word search, and even supporting video & audio. Test your student's comprehension of the lesson with a Comprehension Quiz by using SMART Notebook™ software's assessment tool, SMART Response™.

Each ready-made IWB digital lesson plans includes three provided formats: a Flash version (compatible with any brand of IWB) to be used on a PC platform, a Flash version (compatible with any brand of IWB) to be used on a MAC platform, and a Notebook™ version to be used with a SMART Board™.

**SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS**
Windows PC: Intel PentiumII 450 MHz or faster processor; Windows XP or higher operating system.
MAC OS: Power PC G3 500 MHz or faster processor; Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz or faster processor; Mac OS X v.10.1.x or higher operating system.

A minimum of 128 MB of RAM; a minimum of 50 MB free hard disc space.

Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8