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The document discusses various types of simple machines, including levers, inclined planes, wedges, wheels and axles, pulleys, and screws, explaining how they help us perform work. It categorizes levers into three classes based on the position of the fulcrum, load, and effort. The document encourages readers to identify examples of these simple machines in their surroundings.

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Final Simple Machines PP FINAL Ua

The document discusses various types of simple machines, including levers, inclined planes, wedges, wheels and axles, pulleys, and screws, explaining how they help us perform work. It categorizes levers into three classes based on the position of the fulcrum, load, and effort. The document encourages readers to identify examples of these simple machines in their surroundings.

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Simple

Machines
Woodstock Museum National Historic Site
Each type of
Simple Machine
helps us do work
in different
ways.

Can you think of when


you’ve used each simple
machine type? They can
be different from the
examples here.
Helpful words to know.

load = something heavy to be lifted


effort = the force you use to push, or pull
fulcrum = point where lever arms rotate
Lever
Levers can
multiply your
effort to make it
easier to do work.
Imagine using
each of these
levers.

What work does


each of them do?
Lever 1st
class
There are three CLASSES of levers: lever
1st, 2nd and surprise… 3rd class!

A class of lever is a group of similar


levers. The position of the fulcrum, load, 2nd
and effort determine the class. class
lever

1st class lever–FULCRUM is in the middle


2nd class lever – LOAD is in the middle
3rd class lever – EFFORT is in the middle
3rd
class
It’s all about who’s in the middle! lever
Cius 1 levers

LOAD

FULCRUM
Class 1

Class 2 levers
Fulaun

LOAD
EFFORT
FULCRUM
Class 2

Class 3 levvs

t
Fulct\an

EFFORT
FULCRUM

Class 3
Load
some Images from UCI Distan<:e Learning center
Inclined Plane
A flat surface with one end
higher than the other.

What are each of these


inclined planes used for?
Wedge
Is made of two
inclined planes
coming together. A
wedge changes the
direction of the effort
you use.

Have you seen wood being


chopped? What direction is
the sharp wedge of the axe
moving in compared to the
motion the split wood takes?
Wheel and Axle
Works together with
two important parts.
One or more wheels
are attached to a rod
that helps them
spin, called the axle.

What materials do you think the


AXLES in these photos are made
from?
Pulley
Another simple
machine with two
main parts. Check
out the grooved wheel
with a long rope.

Can you guess what


action you take with
the rope of a pulley?
Screw
Increases the effort
you apply with a There are different types of
spiraled inclined screws but the most common
plane. needs a tool called a…

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
We use simple
machines all the
time. They are
also part of more
complex
machines.
Can you find an
example of each simple
machine type in your
house or yard?
Simple machines are
everywhere!

Woodstock Museum National Historic Site

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