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Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles Simple Machines [Pdf]
Find out what you know about simple machines by completing this crossword puzzle!
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering: Simple Machines
Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier. Students are introduced to the six types of simple machines - the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane, screw, and pulley - in the context of the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Simple Machines
This lesson will teach students about simple machines. Students will have an opportunity to explore and identify simple machines used in their everyday lives. Students will enjoy learning as they play a game on the Internet about simple...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Simple Machines
Information on all six simple machines, nicely presented with extra information available for all. Other sources available. Do "Try This Demonstration."
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Simple Machines Made Simple
The six types of simple machines are explained clearly through pictures, text and videos.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Simple Machines and Modern Day Engineering Analogies
Students apply the mechanical advantages and problem-solving capabilities of six types of simple machines (wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley) as they discuss modern structures in the spirit of the engineers and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Levers That Lift
This lesson introduces students to three of the six simple machines used by many engineers: the lever, the pulley, and the wheel-and-axle. In general, engineers use the lever to magnify the force applied to an object, the pulley to lift...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Ramp and Piano
[Free Registration/Login Required] This module has students using a simple machine to learn about the relationship between work, force, and energy.
Technology Student
Technology Student: Mechanisms
This site describes mechanisms and simple machines, and the basic components used to build them.
Read Works
Read Works: Machines Can Move
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about simple machines people use every day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Machines Can Move!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about simple machines used in daily life such as: a pulley, a screw, an inclined plane, a wheel and axle, a wedge, and a lever. A question sheet is available to help students build...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Dancing Machines [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders explore simple machines through movement and create imaginative new machines through choreographic sequences and collaboration.
Ohio University
Haptic Augmented Simple Machines: The Lever
An explanation of the three types of levers, with examples of each. The formula for the law of equilibrium is also demonstrated.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Balancing the Load: The See Saw as a Simple Machine
Have you ever tried to pull out a nail out of wood with your bare hands? Or have you tried to shove a staple through a stack of papers without a stapler? A hammer's claw, a stapler, a pair of pliers and a shovel are each examples of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rube Goldberg and the Meaning of Machines
Simple and compound machines are designed to make work easier. When we encounter a machine that does not fit this understanding, the so-called machine seems absurd. In this lesson plan, the cartoons of Rube Goldberg are introduced and...
Hunkins Experiments
The Secret Life of Machines
An entertaining site that communicates ideas through cartoon drawings. Discover how simple machines and gadgets operate, such as fax machines and washing machines.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Force, Energy, and Motion: Complex Machines for Simple Tasks!
Designed for Grade Eight, this collection of lessons provides information, examples and quizzes related to simple machines. Elementary students studying this topic will find this site informative as well.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Levers: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the three types of levers and show how to calculate the mechanical advantage of each. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Levers."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Pulley: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a pulley system. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Pulley."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Pulley: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a pulley system. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Pulley."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Screw: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a screw. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Screw."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Screw: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a screw. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Screw."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Wedge/inclined Plane: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a wedge and inclined plane. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Wedge/Inclined Plane."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Machines: Wedge/inclined Plane: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of a wedge and inclined plane. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Wedge/Inclined Plane."
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