Simple Machines http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/ spotlight3.html This site provides a short introduction to six
simple machines and now they function.
Today your students are going to be having an Olympics of their own, and their challenge is to use
simple machines to launch a marshmallow at least three yards; they must include a triangle in their design.
They used
simple machines, like a handheld, sharpened stone, but much of their work was accomplished without technology.
Research the different types of
simple machines. To learn more, show students the SuperScience "Mighty Machines" poster available at https://bit.ly/2LXmCgE.
Lego Dacta Early
Simple Machines. Denmark: Lego Dacta A/S, 1998.
An American missionary in El Salvador started using an obsolete,
simple machine, which originally extracted molasses from sugarcane, to compact the sugarcane refuse into high-energy fuel logs that burn with a sweet aroma.
Compound machines are combinations of
simple machines. Two wheels connected by a rod is a
simple machine called a wheel and axle.
Fey's
simple machine was a hit, and soon thousands were installed in cigar stores, barbershops, saloons and the like.
How simple can you make a
simple machine? How do you teach the scientific method when there is no tradition of trial and error?
Changeovers to new sizes are often made quickly with
simple machine setting variations.
A new strain-gauge signal conditioner that provides users with a
simple machine interface comes from RJG Inc., Traverse City, Mich.
A graphical point-and-click format combines motion, I/O and operator interface functionality for
simple machine sequencing.