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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Children will enjoy this creative book which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to the wedge. Simple text describes the structure and uses of wedges, and clear, step-by-step instructions show children how to make one. Readers are then provided with stategies to start their own creative projects using the wedge they made. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and solve problems working as a team."--...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Children will enjoy this fun book which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to the lever. Simple text describes the structure and uses of levers, and clear, step-by-step instructions show children how to make one. Readers are then provided with stategies to start their own creative projects using the lever they made. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and solve problems working as a team."--
3) Screws
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Simple text, full color photographs, and illustrations introduce beginning readers to the basic principles of screws. Developed by literary experts for students in grades 2 through 5"--Provided by publisher.
4) Levers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Simple text, full color photographs, and illustrations introduce beginning readers to the basic principles of levers. Developed by literary experts for students in grades 2 through 5"--Provided by publisher.
5) Wheels
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Presents a look at wheels, explaining how these simple machines work and how they have been used throughout history.
10) Simple machines
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. There are six simple machines: the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out!"Amazon website.
11) Make this!
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Instructions for creating items using scientific methods"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Two enterprising mice, Ginger and Mac, are on a mission to bring home an especially aromatic vanilla cupcake with pink buttercream frosting. They have discovered that the amount of work you need to put into a job can almost always be decreased by using one of six simple machines: a lever, a wheel and axle, a pulley, an inclined plane, a wedge or a screw. Simple machines have only one or two parts that can usually be found around the house -- and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Escaping from a tall tower using one's hair is so fairy-tale old school. This STEM-smart Rapunzel uses the brain beneath her hair to educate her prince (and readers) on the ways the science of simple machines can save the day. A glossary and critical thinking questions reinforce the story's key physics concept"--
15) Simple machines
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
"Describes how simple machines are used in construction and how they make work easier. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.
16) Screws
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Text and activities introduce screws and explain how screws work.
18) Levers
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Text and activities introduce levers and explain how levers work.
19) Wedges and ramps
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Text and activities introduce wedges and ramps and explain how wedges and ramps work.
20) Simple machines
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Describes and compares the four kinds of simple machines, levers, pulleys, wheels, and ramps.
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