Simple Machines
Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt
Use your Internet searching skills to answer the following questions and learn about simple machines and how we use them to make every day life easier.
1. What is a simple machine? List the six simple machines we can use.
http://store.intellaliftparts.com/an-overview-of-simple-machines.html (Thanks Robert and Jerry!)
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
2. Do simple machines change the amount of work done?
http://pm.appstate.edu/~goodmanj/4401/notes/machines/machines.html
3. What is another name for an inclined plane?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/plane.htm
4. What does a wedge help you to do? List 3 examples of a wedge.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/wedge.htm
5. What do screws help you to do?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/screw.htm
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
6. What is the point at which the lever moved called?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/lever.htm
7. Describe the two ways in which a wheel and axle can be used?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/wheel.htm
8. Why does a pulley make work seem easier?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/pulley.htm
9. What happens when you pull one side of a pulley?
10. What is the difference between a simple machine and a compound machine?
http://pm.appstate.edu/~goodmanj/4401/notes/machines/compoundmachines.html
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Now test your Simple Machine knowledge. Which of these objects are simple machines, which are not.
http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/%7Emwampole/1-resources/simple-machines/index.html
Now see if you can identify each type of simple machine.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/
Now try to picture your life without simple machines!
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