Simple Machines Webquest

Introduction to Simple Machines and Work Webquest

• Use The Canada Science and Technology Museum website to answer questions 1 - 4 on your worksheet
• Use HowStuffWorks to answer question 5
• Before you go on, see if you understand the concept of work by deciding if work is being performed in each of the scenarios in question 6
• Clink on "What is a simple machine?" on the Center of Science and Industry website to answer questions 7 - 9
• Speaking of advantage, find the answers to questions 10 - 14 on mechanical advantage and ideal mechanical advantage at this Encarta article. NOTE: Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to find your answers.
• Go to the Franklin Museum to answer question 15
• Search the Franklin Museum or Enchanted Learning websites to answer questions 16 - 21
• Also view the animation of all three classes of levers at Enchanted Learning and complete the activity described in question 22
• Use the Lever Principle to solve the problems in questions 23 -25
• Go to this page on Pulley Basics to answer the following to answer questions 26 - 31
• If you would like to learn more about pulleys, visit the block and tackle page at HowStuffWorks
• Go to Franklin Museum to answer questions 32 and 33 on wheel and axles
• Now, revisit the Franklin Museum to answer questions 34 and 35 on inclined planes
• Utah State University provides the answers for the questions 36 and 37 NOTE: Read the material about inclined planes
• Go to Which Path Requires the Most Energy? and find out how distance and force change with different angles. Using the animated cart examples shown on this page, answer questions 38 - 46
• Now access the Canada Science and Technology Museum to answer questions 47 and 48
• Visit Utah State University to find the answer to question 49 NOTE: You will need to scroll down to the section on wedges
• For question 50, figure out what simple machines make up a lawn mover at the Center of Science and Industry
• On the Gadget Anatomy page at Boston's Museum of Science website, find out what simple machines make up a drill, corkscrew, and jack to answer question 51

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