Sensational Science Projects With Simple Machines

Provides instructions on how to do simple science experiments using simple machines, and gives explanations for why they work.

Explores the properties of simple machines through experiments, using material readily available in most homes and schools.

Every time you turn on a faucet, ride a bike, or open a door, you're using a simple machine called a wheel and axle. This book uses clear text and practical, every-day examples to explain the physics behind the wheel and axle. Easy-to-read diagrams and large, vivid photographs aid understanding, and experiments encourage students to learn first-hand how this helpful simple machine works.

Explores the properties of simple machines through experiments, using material readily available in most homes and schools.

Do your readers wait until the last minute to start their science project? Don't worry, award-winning author Robert Gardner has everyone covered. Each experiment in this book follows the scientific method, and can be completed in an hour or less. Readers explore using levers to control motion and lift, and how the steepness of inclined planes affects the force needed to move something. Most experiments also include ideas for science fair projects, in case readers have more time than they originally thought.

"Quick science experiments using the human body"--

Demonstrates how different kinds of wheels and axles are used to help perform work, and provides examples of some practical uses for wheels and axles.