Activities

Answer the following questions and activities in any manner you wish. You may want to use a computer, pen and paper, or record your own voice. Any method is fine.

Remember you can use this digital book or your textbook for help.

Work Input and Work Output

Using any simple machine takes extra work. Yet, the machine can make the work easier to do. Read "the Effects of Friction" on page 284 of the textbook to expand on this idea.

Simple machines do not decrease the amount of work. In fact, you actually end up doing more work with a machine.

1 List three reasons why people still choose to use machines.

2 All machines need energy to operate.

What is the energy source for the simple machines used so far? Suggest three additional energy sources that could be used to do work with simple or complex machines.

Watch the following honda commer cial

This ad is famous because it took 86 attempts before everything went perfect. It was all shot in one take. There is no special effect of any kind. Think of all the simple machines being used to create this ad.

At one point, tires are rolling up a ramp! Can you think of ways to make that happen? Watch the video closely to answer the following questions.

List 5 simple machines that are being used and where

Simple Machine Where in the ad/what's happening

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Still having fun? Try the following activities. You can print them out or complete them in some other way that you prefer.

After clicking on the link, use your mouse right-click button and the "back" selection to return to this page.

If simple machines weren't around activity

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/simpmach/if/

word search activity

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/simpmach/search/

printable word definitions list

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/simpmach/vocab/

video review 1

video review 2

video review 3