Science and Technology
Simple Machines and Mechanisms Research
Museum of Science. Inventor's toolbox: the elements of science
This site created by Boston's Museum of Science has easy-to-understand introduction to simple machines and related mechanisms. Each of the five simple machinese that was in common use at the time of artist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci is pictured and briefly described.
http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Machines make life easier
This site provides an introduction to the six tyupes of simple machines and shows how two or more of these machines have been combined to create many of the tools we use today.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm URL not working
Mechanisms, gears and pulleys
Click on gears and pulleys for information on these two topics.
http://www.technologystudent.com/
Simple Machines and Mechanisms Research
Museum of Science. Inventor's toolbox: the elements of science
This site created by Boston's Museum of Science has easy-to-understand introduction to simple machines and related mechanisms. Each of the five simple machinese that was in common use at the time of artist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci is pictured and briefly described.
http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Machines make life easier
This site provides an introduction to the six tyupes of simple machines and shows how two or more of these machines have been combined to create many of the tools we use today.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm URL not working
Mechanisms, gears and pulleys
Click on gears and pulleys for information on these two topics.
http://www.technologystudent.com/