Simple Machines
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Find out how simple machines makes work easier on this Science Trek.
Simple machines include the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, the pulley, the wheel and axle, and the screw. Combine these and you can create almost anything to make work easier. In this Science Trek, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientists John Gardner and Kathryn Devine answer students’ questions about simple machines. Woody Sobey of the Discovery Center of Boise joins in.
Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major funding provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
Simple Machines
Special | 28m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Simple machines include the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, the pulley, the wheel and axle, and the screw. Combine these and you can create almost anything to make work easier. In this Science Trek, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientists John Gardner and Kathryn Devine answer students’ questions about simple machines. Woody Sobey of the Discovery Center of Boise joins in.
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