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SIMPLE MACHINESSIMPLE MACHINESRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • What a Simple Machine Is
  • Levers
  • Wheels
  • Pulleys
  • Planes
  • The Wedge
  • The Screw
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"Which is easier: lifting a piano ten feet up in the air or pushing it up a ramp until it is ten feet from the ground. Most people whould prefer to push the piano up the ramp. Ramps, also called inclined planes, are simple machines. Simple machines are devices that make work easier. Levers, wheels, screws, wedges, and pulleys are also simple machines. Other machines - such as computers, cranes, and cars - are compound, or complex machines. They combine more than one simple machine.
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
INVENTIONSINVENTIONS
"Today, electricity lights our homes with the flick of a switch. A car or bus speeds us to the movies, and a telephone lets us chat with friends all over the world. Radio and television give us instant information-the latest news, sports scores, and events as they take place. Listening to music on a CD player or watching a video is a favorite pastime for many, and using a computer to check facts o. . . "
BRIDGESBRIDGES
"Picture yourself on one side of a raging, crocodile-infested river. You desperately want to get across. However, swimming with crocodiles is out of the question, and walking around the river could take days. What should you do? Aha! Build a bridge! From the earliest footbridges, built with a single felled tree trunk or flat stones, to structures of spun steel cables, bridges have played key. . . "
ENERGYENERGY
"Brrrrrraaaaa! The alarm clock sounds. Do you leap out of bed already in high gear? Or do you bury your head under the pillow and go back to sleep? No matter what you do, you're using energy. Scientists define energy as the ability to get work done. The work can be anything from breathing to giving a party to building a pyramid-to taking a nap. But where is energy? Can you touch it? No, but you can. . . "
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Experiments With Simple Machines (True Books). By Salvatore Tocci, Children's Press (CT), 2003.
  • Springs (Machines in Action). By Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2001.
  • Screws (Machines in Action). By Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2001.
  • Levers (Machines in Action). By Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2001.
  • Pulleys and Gears (Machines in Action). By Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2001.
  • Wheels and Cranks (Machines in Action). By Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2001.
ADULT BOOKS
  • Hands-on Science: Simple Machines (Hands-on Physical Science Series Ser). By Steven Souza, J Weston Walch Pub, 2001.
  • Machines We Use. By Sally Hewitt, Rebound by Sagebrush, 2001.
  • Wheels (Useful Machines). By Chris Oxlade, Heinemann, 2003.