Machines

Games

• Picnic on a Cloud - Read an exciting story about building a blimp.
• Gadget Anatomy - Which elements of machines do you see in each gadget?
• Leonardo's Mysterious Machinery - Can you guess what the machine is?
• Simple Machines Online Quiz - Learn the six simple machines and take this online quiz.

Lessons

• Simple Machines - Learn about simple machines.
• Glossary - Glossary of simple machine related terms.
• The Elements of Machines - These devices were all in common use for centuries before Leonardo's time.

Projects

• Look, Learn and Do - Directions to build simple machines.
• The Screw - Simple demonstration shows how a screw is actually an inclined plane.

Worksheets

• Experiments - A series of experiments about simple machines: levers, wheels and inclined planes.
• Internet Lab : Simple Machines - Worksheet on simple machines.
• Simple Machines - Click on each type of machine.  Can you name all of them?