<p>Please fill out the following template for non-traditional activities that you led in the classroom. Save it by the activity name in the EEOP Folder under “STOMP” and then “SPRING 2008 Classrooms.”</p><p>Activity Name: Dinosaur Tails</p><p>STOMPer Names: Mike Mogenson Amanda Stockwell</p><p>Purpose of Activity: Learn about pistons and translating rotational motion into linear motion.</p><p>Grade Level: 2nd</p><p>Activity Length: One class period.</p><p>Materials: Simple machines kit</p><p>Preparation: Making a worksheet and constructing a sample tail</p><p>Procedure/Instructions: Kids are challenged to build a sturdy wall with a pulley and a lego beam lever attached. A piston made out of a beam connects the pulley to one end of the lever so when the pulley is rotated the beam wags up and down.</p><p>Extension Ideas: Motorize pulley, connect two tails to one pulley to create dinosaur jaws.</p><p>End of Activity Discussion Questions:</p><p>How does the diameter of pulley wheel/distance between beam pivot and piston connection change the motion of the waging tail.</p>