Students will measure the effects of the height of an inclined plane on the force a marble produces to move a plastic, foam, or paper cup across a table. Students will discover that the higher the incline plane, the more force produced...

This site is an interactive app of an inclined plane showing the effect of the angle, the weight of the block, and the friction as a block is pulled up an incline.

Review the key concepts and skills for inclined planes, including how to write Newton's second law for forces parallel and perpendicular to the incline.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what an inclined plane is, its mechanical advantage, and how it changes force to make work easier.

Take the students outside on a walking field trip where they can notice ramps and slanted surfaces in the neighborhood.

An introductory activity where learners discover the way things roll and slide down ramps and hills.

Students explore building a pyramid, learning about the simple machine called an inclined plane. They also learn about another simple machine, the screw, and how it is used as a lifting or fastening device. During a hands-on activity,...

Outlines the wedge and inclined plane, including their uses in everyday life and their mechanical advantages.

In this activity, Students can use a Force Sensor to measure the force needed to lift an object and the force needed to pull the same object up an inclined plane. They will also calculate work done and efficiency and make conclusions.

Here is a simulation demonstrating an object placed on an inclined plane. The user will vary the slope of the plane to see the relationship the slope has on the gravity of the object and the static friction.

Set up several ramps around the room and allow the students to explore and investigate how they work.

Have students make ramps out of flat pieces of cardboard and other materials.

Explore the characteristics of inclined planes while observing how drops of colored water flow down a ramp and on different surfaces.

Students will explore what they can do with balls, cars, marbles, and ramps and document findings in their science journals. This will engage their curiosity, allow them to make self-discoveries, and explore self-interests.

This lab was designed to have students look at the factors that might affect the angle at which an object will start to move when it is placed on an inclined plane. The friction coefficient of the surfaces, the strength of the...

A webpage with equations and examples of how to solve inclined planes problems. Learn how to deal with slopes when surfaces usually aren't perfectly horizontal.

This passage will test your knowledge on forces on inclined planes.

Students use inclined planes as they recreate the difficult task of raising a monolith of rock to build a pyramid. They compare the push and pull of different-sized blocks up an inclined plane, determine the angle of inclination, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This module has students using a simple machine to learn about the relationship between work, force, and energy.

Share and discuss ideas the students have about ramps and rolling objects.

Students make their own ramps and test them out by sending various objects down them.

This program gives students a visual representation of the forces on a block that is on an inclined plane. The students can watch how force gravity, force normal, and force friction change as the angle of the plane changes. Students can...

Through a five-lesson series with five hands-on activities, students are introduced to six simple machines - inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle - as well as compound machines, which are combinations of two or...

Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier, and which people have used to provide mechanical advantage for thousands of years. Students learn about the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane,...