Bell Work: 3/1/11 Finish the 2-square vocabulary with your group. Take no longer than FIVE minutes! Machine Simple machines Work Force Work input/Work output Lever Complete the three scenarios that are on the instruction sheet in your bucket. Pulley Wheel & axle Inclined plane Wedge Screws Compound machine
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Bell Work: 3/1/11
Finish the 2-square vocabulary with your group. Take no longer than FIVE minutes! Machine Simple machines Work Force Work input/Work output Lever
Complete the three scenarios that are on the instruction sheet in your bucket.
Work is the transfer of energy to an object by using a force that causes the object to move in the direction of the force.
Work is done on an object if two things happen: 1) the object moves as a force is applied, 2) the direction of the object’s motion is the same as the direction of the force.
Examples: pushing a ball up a hill
Work or Not Work?
OR ORYES NO YES NO
ForceYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A push or a pull exerted on an object in order to change the motion of the object; force has size and direction.
Examples: people, bulldozer, static electricity
Work Input/Work Output
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Work input is the work done on the machine.
Work output is the work done by the machine.
Examples: opening a paint can
LeverYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A lever is a simple machine that has a bar that pivots at a fixed point, called a fulcrum.
Examples: first-class lever (see saw), second-class lever (wheelbarrow or soda bottle opener), third-class lever (lifting weights or hammering a nail)
Three Classes of Levers
First-Class Lever Second-Class Lever Third-Class Lever
Elementary School Middle School High School
PulleyYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A simple machine that has a grooved wheel that holds a rope or a cable.
Examples: fixed, moveable, block and tackle
The pulley changes the direction of the force. Elevators make use of fixed pulleys.
Movable pulleys do increase force, but they also increase the distance over which the input force must be exerted.
A fixed pulley and a movable pulley are used together; the mechanical advantage of a block and tackle depends on the number of rope segments.
Wheel & AxleYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A simple machine consisting of two circular objects of different sizes.
Examples: car’s wheel & axle, faucet
Inclined PlaneYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A simple machine that is a straight, slanted surface; a ramp.
Examples: ramp or slide
WedgeYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A simple machine that is made up of two inclined planes and that moves; often used for cutting.
Examples: knife, axe, door stop
Screw YOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A simple machine that consists of an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.
Examples: screw, light bulb
Compound MachineYOURS: TEXTBOOK:
A machine made up of more than one simple machine.
Examples: manual can opener
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A machine’s mechanical advantage is the number of times the machine multiplies force; how much easier it is to do the work using that specific machine.
Examples:
Mechanical Advantage
It is 10 times easier to use a ramp to move a heavy object.
Take Five…
Take five minutes with your group to make a list of machines (simple or compound) that help make your life or work easier around the house, at school, or anywhere.
Fill out the chart as we go through the Simple Machines activity on the Edheads website.