Simple Machines

Jumpstart your study of mechanical physics by learning all about simple machines and how they're used to make complex tasks easier to do. Through 26 model-building exercises, you'll investigate all six classic simple machines - wheels and axles, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges - as well as gears. Start off with simple models to guarantee a firm understanding of the basic principles at play, and then move onto larger, more complex models to push the machines harder and see how they can work together.

A specially designed spring scale can measure how the machines change the direction and magnitude of forces, making work easier to do.  The models can be assembled and disassembled again and again; combine the pieces to create your own configurations, limited only by your imagination!

For ages 8 and up.