Simple+Machines

What I know

A machine is a very strong and very big motor that does its job on land. There are also many types of machines like cranes, bulldozers and much more.

A simple machine is a pulley, screw, lever, wheel axle, wedge, inclined plane.

A garlic press is useful because it mashes garlic easier than a garlic masher does.

__Pulley__:People use pulleys to get water from wells.

__Wheel & Axle__:Wheels & axles are used in toy cars to make them turn

__Wedges__: A wedge consists of two inclined planes placed back to back.

I__nclined Plane__:An inclined plane is any slanting, flat surface.

__Screw__:A screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

__Lever:__A pen is a lever because you press the top then the pen comes out

Why are they useful?.

Screw:Is used to put things together

Inclined Plane:An Inclined Plane is a stairs because it goes up like a ramp

Wedge:An axe is a wedge: you chop down trees with an axe.

Pulleys:Pulleys help to get tiles to the top of buildings like a lift.

Wheel & Axle:Wheels and Axles help toy vehicles move.

Lever:Levers are things with two triggers they make them work like scissors,hedge clippers and much more Poem about Simple Machines

** The ancient Egyptians were very clever. ** **  They figured out how to use the lever. ** **  They built pyramids with stones that weighed a lot. ** **  Inclined planes helped to move them to the right spot. ** **  Why not use wheels? ** **  I’m not certain. ** **  History sometimes holds mysteries behind a time curtain. ** **  Did the Egyptian invention work out? ** **See a pyramid and you have no doubt.**