THE SIX SIMPLE MACHINES
INCLINED PLANE
An Inclined Plane is an angled surface with one
end higher than the other that helps you to raise
objects without lifting them straight up.
LEVER
WHEEL AND AXLE
A Wheel and Axle, the rod in the center of the
wheel, help us to turn an object or transport an
object easier in any direction.
Mission
Willowbrook
SIMPLE
MACHINES
PULLEY
A Lever is a bar that helps you lift or move an
object. There are three parts to a lever; the
support or fulcrum, the part under the object or
weight arm, and the part you move or force arm.
WEDGE
A Pulley uses a wheel and rope to help move an
object in any direction with less effort.
RESOURSES
cosi.org/downloads/activities/simplemachines/sml.html
A Wedge is two back to back inclined planes used
to split an object apart.
SCREW
beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SimpleMachin
es/Machines002.htm
freeclubweb.com/powerpoints/science/simplemachines
.html
19th Century Willowbrook Village
P.O. Box 28 – 70 Elm Street
Newfield, Me 04056
207-793-2784
A Screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a
core that is turned to raise or lower an object, to
hold an object in place or to crush an object.
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Your mission today, if you accept, is a
quest to find and learn about the six
Simple Machines. Questing, which
began in Victorian England, is a rhyming
verse of clues that leads you to a
hidden treasure. As you uncover the
clues you will learn that the 19th Century
was a time of innovation with the
advancement of scientific principles put
forth in the scientific work of
Archimedes, born in 287 BC. So if you
are up to challenge take a map and
turn the page to begin!
MISSION WILLOWBROOK
TAKE A WILLOWBROOK SITE MAP
WITH YOU.
Once you’ve enjoyed the Country Store,
It’s time to discover a lot more,
For as you’ll see,
Willowbrook is the way life used to be!
In the next room,
A video will exhume,
Hints of the riches,
You’ll find in Willowbrook’s niches.
But before you embark,
A quick remark,
Look left then right,
Because cars are always in flight.
And as with any quest,
Just do your best,
For your mission of course,
Is to enjoy this great resource.
Clues will abound,
As you stroll around,
But the lay of the land,
Starts at the Bandstand.
Now if you please,
Let your mind ease,
Back to 1872,
Where adventure awaits you.
Turn to the back cover,
To discover,
The facts,
To keep you on track.
No matter your trade,
Or what you made,
These Simple Machines,
Were the means.
Together or alone,
It was known,
Your output increased,
As your input decreased.
At your next stop,
The Carpenter Shop,
You’ll find,
Four of a kind.
Wheel, wedge, screw and lever,
19th Century man was clever,
Auger, hammer, plane and drill,
Fit the bill.
With your intro complete,
You’ll walk the grass street,
Looking high and low,
For Simple Machines you now know.
MATCH THE SIMPLE MACHINES
Wheel & Axle
Ship Auger
Wedge
Claw Hammer
Screw
Wood Plane
Lever
Post Drill
HORSE DRAWN EQUIPMENT
But there’s more,
Of all four,
So continue to look,
In every nook.
Name
When all are found,
It’s time to bound,
Across the bridge,
And up the ridge.
To the left a ramp so plain,
Is actually an inclined plane,
And right up a story,
A pulley with Old Glory.
Now you’ve seen,
Each Simple Machine,
Ready to explore for more,
For there’s over ten score.
Take a hop,
To the Print Shop,
Where it’s your time,
To finish the rhyme.
Look for the paper c_____________,
Not meant for cutting butter,
Or sardines,
But it does have four Simple Machines.
Name
____________________________
Type
LOGGING & SAW SHED
Name
Lumber Roller
Type
Wheel & Axle
Type
GASOLINE POWERED EQUIPMENT
Name
Type
You’ve been led,
To the Haying and Threshing Shed,
With a chance to try,
And see why.
A bale to raise high,
Will make your muscles cry,
So try a pulley instead,
And eliminate your dread.
Stop by the school,
Where the desktop is a tool,
An inclined plane,
To prevent writer’s pain.
Now click your heels,
And seek the Carriage House of wheels.
Remember to look left than right,
Because cars are always in flight.
Wheels and axles surround,
To the back corner please bound,
View all the carriage jacks,
Using a lever and track.
BLACKSMITH SHOP
Name
Onward you go,
With this pamphlet in tow,
Apple presses use screws,
And the Sugar Devil is one too.
CIDER MILL
Type
ORCHARD EQUIPMENT
Name
Type
NAME ALL FOUR SIMPLE MACHINES
Name
Type
1.
COOPERAGE
Name
Name the Item
If you look with care,
Simple Machines are everywhere,
Be sharp as pin,
It’s your turn again.
No need to slave,
For Simple Machines save,
Effort reduced,
More work produced.
Name
The Trafton House awaits,
Where a weighty clue relates,
To your mission endeavor,
So identify this doctor’s lever.
Type
2.
MAPLE SUGARING
3.
Name
Type
4.
Name
Type
Don’t be confounded,
By Simple Machines compounded.
It’s another twist,
To what does exist.
As you pass the Sandwich Shop,
Why not stop,
And partake of the epicurean dream,
Of good food and ice cream!
Type
CAROUSEL
Name
Type
DURGIN HOUSE
Name
Type
It was really unplanned,
Durgin Barn being Simple Machine land,
A true commemoration,
To 19th Century adaptation.
Start a Simple Machine contest,
To see who is the best,
Identifying them each floor,
As you complete your tour.
Yes the end has come,
But don’t be glum,
For your reward is through the door,
In the Country Store.
He who enters and spies,
The one similar to the doctor’ s _______,
From earlier in this tale,
Will have found their prize!