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Simple Machines: Wheels, Levers, and Pulleys

David A. Adler

Simple machines appear in familiar tools, toys, and even parts of the body. Teeth, knives, forks, and thumbtacks are presented as wedges. Slides provide examples of inclined planes, while seesaws demonstrate levers. The book invites readers to notice how these kinds of machines operate in everyday life, using illustrations to clarify the examples and the variety of simple machines around them.

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Themes
Curiosity · Inventions · Science · Technology And Engineering
Format
Paperback
Publisher
scholastic
ISBN-13
9781338184358
Language
English
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