* In which simple machine family are gears? Answer here |
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* In which simple machine family are gears? Answer here |
Fourth Grade
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- How simple machines work and how we use them in everyday life -
WEB SITES
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears - Background Information for Simple Machines - (More) Background Information.
Simple Machines - The Franklin Institute
The Elements of Machines and Gadget Anatomy - Leonardo's Workshop
Work Is Simple With Simple Machines - Lever - Pulley - Inclined Plane - Wheel & Axle - Wedge - Screw
Edheads - Simple Machines Activities
ASPIRE - Simple & Complex Machines
Wonderful World of Simple Machines
The Thinking Fountain - Machines - ideas for building simple machines such as a whirlygig or machines that use air power.
The Thinking Fountain - Golf-O-Rama Mini-Mini Golf Course - experiments in motion and simple machines by a 4th grade class.
The Physics of Amusement Parks
The Official Rube Goldberg Web Site
Madison School Pathfinder on Force and Friction
PRINT SOURCES
Simple machines by Anne Horvatic. j621.8 476
Simple machines by Deborah Hodge. j621.811 Hodge
Simple machines by Fran Whittle, Sarah Lawrence. j621.811 Whittle
Janice VanCleave's machines: mind-boggling experiments you can turn into science fair projects. Book j621.8 911
How do you lift a lion? by Robert E. Wells. j621.811 Wells
Bathtubs, slides, roller coaster rails: simple machines that are really inclined planes by Christopher Lampton. j621.811 Lampton
Seesaws, nutcrackers, brooms: simple machines that are really levers by Christopher Lampton. j621.8 553
Marbles, roller skates, doorknobs: simple machines that are really wheels by Christopher Lampton. j621.811 555
The lever & the pulley by Hal Hellman. j531.8 457
Levers by Michael Dahl. j621.811 Dahl
Wheels, pulleys & levers by Mick Seller. j621.811 Seller
Wheels and axles by Michael Dahl. j621.811 Dahl
Force and motion (Eyewitness science) by Peter Lafferty. j531 Lafferty
Experiments with motion (Getting started in science) by Robert Gardner. j531.112078 Gardner
Muscles to machines (Hands on science) by Neil Ardley. j531.112 122