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1. Simple
Machines |
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Contains great
pictures of simple machines |
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2. Inventor's Toolbox: The Elements of
Machines |
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Great pictures and
information on simple machines |
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Flash Demo of Some Simple Machines |
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Click on the
picture of each machine for a demo |
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4. Franklin Institute: Simple
Machines |
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Learn about simple
machines |
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5. Background Information |
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Answers questions about simple machines |
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6. Simple Machines ThinkQuest |
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This site on simple
machines was constructed by students |
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7. Simple Machines Learning Site |
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Find
facts and experiments on simple machines |
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8. Understanding Simple Machines |
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Learn more about
simple machines and how they work |
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9.
Simple Machines Quiz |
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See how much you
know about simple machines |
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10. Simple Machines |
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Examples and
demos of some simple machines |
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11. Archimedes' Lever |
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Contains a picture
of Archimedes' lever |
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MOVIES |
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1. Simple Machines Cartoon |
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Simple Machines Demonstrate a Transfer of Energy |
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| GAMES |
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1. Lever Principle |
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Add and subtract
weights to balance the lever |
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2. Simple Machine Game |
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Identify the simple machines in the town |
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Edheads: Simple Machine Game |
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Play a game and
learn about the simples machines in your house |
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4. Leonardo's Mysterious
Machinery |
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Identify Leonardo
da Vinci's machines |
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5. Invention at Play |
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Build a track for
our ball by tinkering with everyday objects |
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6.
Museum of Science & Industry Chicago Simple Machines
game |
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Use objects
found in the museum to create simple machines |
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7.
PBS Kids' Rube Goldberg Machine |
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Help make this
complicated Rube Goldberg machine work |
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Mechanical Advantage |
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Balance the teeter totter |
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9.
Wonderville Robot Factory |
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Build robots to
accomplish simple tasks (has sound) |
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10.
Simple
Machine Matching game |
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Match the simple
machines to what they do |
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11.
Break It Down game |
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Remove ramps,
switches, and gears, but don't let the flag fall down! |
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12.
Simple
Machines Hangman game |
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Find words that
have to do with simple machines |
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