Teaching Simple Machines. Simple machines for kids teaches all about the main 6 simple machines in a fun and interactive way. Students are introduced to the six types of simple machines — the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane integrated teaching and learning program, college of engineering, university of colorado boulder.
Simple machines increase our ability to do work.
They were first invented by sidney l. Each episode has a bunch of science extras: The simple machines are the inclined plane, the lever, the wedge, the wheel and the axle, the pulley. • by moving an object up an inclined plane rather than completely vertical, the amount of force required is reduced, at the expense of increasing the distance the object.
