Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Atomic YIC1 course!

    • Link to teacher resources
  • 2

    Monday Morning Simple Machines 3d Diagram

    • 3d Diagram Lesson

    • Get ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 10:15-10:30

    • Build a Simple Machines 3D Diagram

    • Worksheet

    • Bamboozle Quiz

    • 12:00-13:00

  • 3

    Monday Afternoon Lever

    • Lever experiment lesson

    • Get ready to build your project (Material List)

    • Break time 14:15-14:30

    • Build a Skater Seesaw Slider

    • Worksheet

    • 15:30 - 16:00 Review and clean up

    • Bamboozle Quiz
  • 4

    Tuesday Morning Screws: Piet Mondrian

    • Tuesday Screws: Piet Mondrian Lesson

    • Ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 10:15-10:30

    • Build a Screws: Piet Mondrian

    • Worksheet

    • Bamboozle Quiz

    • Copy of 12:00-13:00

  • 5

    Tuesday Afternoon - Chopping Carrot

    • Tuesday Afternoon Wedge: Chopping Carrot lesson

    • Get ready to build your project (Material List)

    • Break time 14:15-14:30

    • Build a Chopping carrot

    • Intro to Binary code worksheet

    • Additional video (Watch it when you have extra time )

    • 15:30 - 16:00 Review and clean up
  • 6

    Wednesday Morning Pulley: Castle with Drawbridge

    • Pulley Castle Lesson

    • Get ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 10:15-10:30

    • Make the Drawbridge

    • Worksheet

    • 12:00-13:00

  • 7

    Wednesday Afternoon Pulley Flagpole (part of the drawbridge)

    • Flagpole Lesson

    • Get ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 14:15-14:30

    • Build a flagpole

    • Worksheet
  • 8

    Thursday Morning Inclined plane: Paper slide

    • Inclined plane Lesson

    • Get ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 10:15-10:30

    • Build a Incline plane

    • Worksheet

    • 12:00-13:00

  • 9

    Thursday Afternoon Wheel and axle: foam wheel car

    • Wheel and axle lesson

    • Get ready to build your project (Material List)

    • Break time 14:15-14:30

    • Build a Wheel and Axle: Car 

    • Worksheet

    • 15:30 - 16:00 Review and clean up
  • 10

    Friday Morning Gravity and friction: marble playground

    • Gravity and Friction: Marble playground Lesson

    • Get ready to build your projects.

    • Break time 10:15-10:30

    • Build a gravity and friction marble playground

    • Worksheet

    • Build a machine game

    • 12:00-13:00

  • 11

    Friday Afternoon Potential and kinetic energy: slingshot chapter

    • Get ready to build your project (Material List)

    • Potential and kinetic energy lesson

    • Break time 14:15-14:30

    • Slingshot instruction

    • Worksheet