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Assignment for Friday May 11th
Simple Machines:
We are transitioning from PS3 How will it Move to Electric and Solar cars starting Monday. A topic that is not covered in our physics unit is simple machines. There are six types of simple machines. You will research the main three: Inclined Planes, Levers and Pulleys using the resources below. You will make a mind map/concept map on a large sheet of paper illustrating what you learn. The words Simple Machines should be in the center of your mind map/concept map. Your final product should have images with some examples of each simple machine, as well as key information as to how it works and what makes it a simple machine, how does it make work easier? If you have extra time, you can research the other three types of simple machines (screw, wheel and axel, wedge) and add them to your mind map. Make it colorful and artistic with images and words describing your findings.
By the end of the research and mind map creation, you should be able to write a few sentence summary of what makes something a simple machine. Add this sentence to the bottom of you mind map. Don’t forget your name and period before you fold it in half and turn it into the basket.
If you have extra time check out these Rube Goldberg devices using simple machines. Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist who designed impossibly complex devices in his cartoons to do ridiculously simple things.
Rube Goldberg with 6 simple machines
If you want more: Here is a Bill Nye on Simple Machines