Editor selections by Topic and Unit

The Physics Front is a free service provided by the AAPT in partnership with the NSF/NSDL.

Detail Page

Item Picture
published by the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp.
This resource provides background information for elementary teachers on the topic of Simple Machines.  It contains extensive background information  explaining the principles behind lever arms, gears, simple and compound pulleys, and screws.   Classroom resources include objectives, cross-curricular lesson ideas, reproducible student activity sheets, and links to related websites for children.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Work and Energy
= Simple Machines
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Instructor Guide/Manual
= Lesson/Lesson Plan
= Unit of Instruction
- Reference Material
= Nonfiction Reference
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Lesson Plan
- Activity
- New teachers
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!


Intended Users:
Educator
Learner
Formats:
text/html
image/gif
Access Rights:
Free access
Restriction:
© 2008 Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Keywords:
elementary school science, energy, mechanical advantage, simple machines, unit , unit of instruction
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created February 18, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
January 31, 2008

This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.


Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: What is Energy?

Here you'll find extensive background information on simple machines, including the principles behind the lever arm, the screw, simple and compound pulleys, and the gear.  Try teaming it with the computer simulations in Edheads (below).

Links to Units:
ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
AIP Format
(Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp., Ottawa, 2008), WWW Document, (https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears).
AJP/PRST-PER
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears (Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp., Ottawa, 2008), <https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears>.
APA Format
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears . (2008, January 31). Retrieved October 3, 2024, from Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp.: https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears
Chicago Format
Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp.. Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears . Ottawa: Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp., January 31, 2008. https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears (accessed 3 October 2024).
MLA Format
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears . Ottawa: Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp., 2008. 31 Jan. 2008. 3 Oct. 2024 <https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears }, Publisher = {Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp.}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {3 October 2024}, Month = {January 31, 2008}, Year = {2008} }
Refer Export Format

%T Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears %D January 31, 2008 %I Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp. %C Ottawa %U https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears %O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %D January 31, 2008 %T Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears %I Canada Science and Technology Museum Corp. %V 2024 %N 3 October 2024 %8 January 31, 2008 %9 text/html %U https://ingeniumcanada.org/education/school-programs/pulleys-and-gears


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

This resource is stored in 6 shared folders.

You must login to access shared folders.

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Pulleys and Gears :


Know of another related resource? Login to relate this resource to it.
Save to my folders

Supplements

Contribute

Related Materials

Similar Materials