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Take Apart Day Reveals What's Inside

What’s inside an old fax machine, vacuum cleaner, printer, or toaster oven? The fourth grade can tell you. There are motors, fans, wires, and lots of other cool looking things, which they discovered on Take Apart Day, Friday, February 27. The opportunity to deconstruct small electronics, household devices, and everyday gadgets, came at the end of their science unit on simple machines. Next, the students will use some of the components to create their own machines. Watch the students discover the simple machines inside the complex machines here.