Pictures of Simple Machines

The other day in class, we watched two videos on simple machines. The first one was about levers, wheel and axles, and pulleys. The second video was on the other three, inclined plane, wedge, and screw. After each video, we got into groups and discussed the notes we'd taken. When we were finished discussing, everybody drew, labeled, and colored each simple machine, as you can see in the above images. (please excuse my lack of artistic ability) :)

In this lesson of ours, I learned that a lot of simple machines were actually other simple machines that'd been altered in some way. For example, a screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder. I also learned that a faucet works when a screw blocks the water flow. And that would be everything!

-Hannah