Simple machines
By: by Deborah Hodge ; photographs by Ray Boudreau
Contributors: Boudreau, Ray
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Series: Starting with science
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Buffalo, NY; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781550743111
Subjects: Simple machines; Juvenile literature; Experiments
Description: 13 hands-on activities encourage children aged five to nine to explore simple machines (the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, screw and wedge) and how they make work easier.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Table trick -- 4; title: Balancing act -- 6; title: Wacky wheels -- 8; title: Candy collector -- 10; title: Bubble race -- 12; title: Going up! -- 14; title: Pulling power -- 16; title: Egg drop -- 18; title: Penny lift -- 20; title: Screwy water -- 22; title: Twirling toy -- 24; title: Funny face -- 26; title: Mystery machine-- 28.