Here is a tri-faceted resource that has a slide show, a quiz, and a vocabulary list that you can use to teach simple machines. Six machines are introduced: wheels and axles, planes, levers, pulleys, wedges, and screws. Slides contain...

Can you lift a piano into a truck? Simulation allows scholars to explore the relationship between force, ramp length, and weight. Pupils control the variables of truck bed height, ramp length, weight of piano, and the number of friends...

Identify the six simple machines by dragging the correct term, and dropping it onto the associated simple machine.

The six types of simple machines are explained clearly through pictures, text and videos.

Explore the physics of motion and simple machines with this interactive game. Try a pre-made challenge or set up ramps in your own challenge to get the mysterious Dim Sum ball into the take-out container.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This module has students using a simple machine to learn about the relationship between work, force, and energy.