Mechanical Systems

Sketchnote Entries

Simple Machines

BrainPop: Levers, Inclined plane, Force, Work, Pulley, Gears, Wheel-and-axle

Virtual Simple Machines

Simple Machines Animations

Inclined Plane Gizmo

Edheads Simple Machines Interactive

LearnAB: search Pulley Lab

Pulley System

Simple Machines Summary

Gears and Gear Ratios

How Gears Work

Bike Gear Ratio Interactive

Elevator Forces Animation (click Energy, Forces, Motion)

Energy, Friction and Efficiency

BrainPop: Kinetic Energy vs. Potential Energy

Force, Pressure & Area

Hydraulic Jack Animation

Hydraulic System & Pressure Transfer

Thumbtack Surface Area Diagram

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Hydraulic Car Brakes

Hovercraft Museum

How Hydraulic Machines Work

Rube Goldberg Machines

Power Play

The Official Rube Goldberg

Goldburger to Go Game

Machines Throughout History

Inventors’ Workshop

Made In Canada

Alberta Inventors and Inventions

Machines Changing With Time

History of Inventions

The Industrial Revolution

History of the Wheelchair

How Cell Phones Have Changed

Cell Phone Evolution (click on slideshow)

Cell Phone Picture Evolution

Overview Of Cell Phone Evolution

History of the Automobile

History of the First Computer

Travel by Jetpack?

Wonderville: Entrepreneurship in Machines

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