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- Page 1 SIMPLE MACHINES : THE WEDGE CAT NO. WDMS14 Experiment Guide...
- Page 2 Load Effort opposite side of the fulcrum as shown in diagram 2. Fulcrum Examples of class two levers are Diagram 2 wheel barrows, shovels and nutcrackers. © EISCO SCIENTIFIC www.eiscosci.com...
- Page 3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS (INCLUDED) Name of Part Quantity Wedge Boards connected by metal hinge REQUIRED COMPONENTS (NOT INCLUDED) Name of Part Quantity Hammer Nails 1 per student Bolt 1 per student Block of wood Rubber bands several © EISCO SCIENTIFIC www.eiscosci.com...
- Page 4 ACTIVITY2 : PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE Have students try to hammer a bolt and then a nail into a board. The bolt will not hammer into the board, but the nail will because it is shaped like a wedge. © EISCO SCIENTIFIC www.eiscosci.com...
- Page 5 ________________________________________________________________ Which object had a wedge shape? The bolt or the nail? Did this shape make it easier to do work? In other words, was there less force needed to do work? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ © EISCO SCIENTIFIC www.eiscosci.com...
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- Page 7 If the top board moves a smaller distance than the wedge, then what can we conclude about the force applied to push the wedge versus the force applied to lift the board? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ © EISCO SCIENTIFIC www.eiscosci.com...
- Page 8 Why is it easier? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Manufactured by : U.S. Distributor : Eisco Scientific 850 St Paul St, Suite 15, Rochester, NY 14605 Email : www.eiscosci.com www.eiscolabs.com EISCO SCIENTIFIC instructions, content and design is intellectual property of EISCO...
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