2-26-09

2-26-09 Ben Singer

Today Mr. Manning was gone. Instead, the substitute, Mr. Brosey, had us do a worksheet. The Machine Design worksheet.

The Machine Design worksheet asks us to design a compound machine that uses the 6 simple machines to lift a heavy object. The 6 simple machines and what they do are:

Wedge - Splits things, pries things open Inclined Plane - A simple ramp Screw - Lifts things or holds things down Pully - Lifts or lowers things Wheel and axel - Moves things Lever - Lifts things or Moves things

To find out more you can go to: http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html