SuitabookMachines in everyday life
Children and a comic cat encounter machines through activities such as riding seesaws, turning knobs and eating apples; the book also points to objects including teeth, knives and slides.Exploratory / explanatoryExploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.Exploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.How the book presents it: The examples are used to explain what different simple machines are and how they work, rather than simply listing technical terms.
Talk about: Which everyday example helps make the machine’s action clearest?