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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Allison Buckner is an elementary school teacher for Chatham County Schools. During her ten years in the classroom, she has taught grades 3–6.

Resources created by Allison Buckner

Solving problems using simple machines
This lesson uses the familiar story of the three pigs and the big bad wolf to explore how the wolf could have used simple machines to catch the three pigs. By reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzer, the students will design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs!
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)
By Allison Buckner and Maria Tanner.