Simple Machines

Simple Machines - Jumpstart your study of mechanical physics by learningall about simple machines and how they’re used to make complex tasks easier todo. Through 26 model-building exercises, you’ll investigate all six classicsimple machines - wheels and axles, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws,and wedges - as well as gears. Start off with simple models to guarantee afirm understanding of the basic principles at play, and then move onto larger,more complex models to push the machines harder and see how they can worktogether. Also included is a specially designed spring scale so that you canmeasure how the machines change the direction and magnitude of forces, makingwork easier to do. With this durable, modular construction system, you can seehow the same basic elements combine in different ways to form each machine. The models can be assembled and disassembled again and again; combine thepieces to create your own configurations, limited only by your imagination! Inaddition to the invaluable hands-on experience you’ll get from model building,the 32-page, full-colour manual also dives into examples of simple machines inaction in everyday life. The seesaw at the playground, the wheelbarrow in yourbackyard, the flagpole in front of your school - all of these are examples ofsimple machines in the real world! So start building, investigating, andexperimenting to discover how physics is all around us.