Teacher Susie challenges her students to move the basket from the ground to the top of the slide. The students experiment with different approaches until they come to a solution. Then, they record their observations in their journals.

Dewey is sick at home and creates a dominoes masterpiece. The dominoes illustrate the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy.

Sophie illustrates the six basic simple machines that exist and explains how they are useful in our everyday lives. She defines force and work and mentions that simple machines reduce the amount of work required for a task.

Sheldon and Leonard use the stairs as an inclined plane to decrease the force required to lift the package. This is a very clear illustration of what an inclined plane is and how it is used in our daily lives.

Beakman explains what a pulley is and how an elevator uses pulleys. Beakman dresses like Elisha Otis (inventor of the safety elevator) and explains how the elevator works and how he made it safe.