LEARNING ABOUT LEVERS!

Simple Machines
Our class is learning all about simple machines. Simple machines are machines with very few parts. There are six simple machines: levers, pulleys, inclined planes, wheel and axles, screws and wedges. Today 4K did some investigations into how levers work. We asked the essential questions: 1. What are the parts of a lever? 2. How can you make a lever balance? 3. What do distance and force have to do with how a lever works? Take a peek at the photos below to see us hard at work using levers.

Click the image to go to the Museum of Science and Industry's simple machine game.