Third grade students have been studying simple machines in science class.  To show their understanding of simple machines, the students browsed though a file of picture and had to find one example of each type of simple machine.  We chose a Comic Life template that had 6 spaces for our 6 simple machines.  The students drag and dropped one photo into each box and then added a speech/thought bubble or text box to explain each type of machine.  Want to take this lesson a step further?  Take a screen shot of each Comic Life and set up a VoiceThread.  Then you can really get your students talking about simple machines!  You could then share your VoiceThread link with the 4th & 5th Grade teachers to use as they start reviewing for the upcoming SOL tests.