Cañon City Public Library

"Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. There are six simple machines: the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out!"Amazon website.

"Simple text, full color photographs, and illustrations introduce beginning readers to the basic principles of screws. Developed by literary experts for students in grades 2 through 5"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a look at wheels, explaining how these simple machines work and how they have been used throughout history.

"Uses popular cartoon character Wile E. Coyote to demonstrate science concepts involved with simple machines"--Provided by publisher."--

"Two enterprising mice, Ginger and Mac, are on a mission to bring home an especially aromatic vanilla cupcake with pink buttercream frosting. They have discovered that the amount of work you need to put into a job can almost always be decreased by using one of six simple machines: a lever, a wheel and axle, a pulley, an inclined plane, a wedge or a screw. Simple machines have only one or two parts that can usually be found around the house -- and...

"Escaping from a tall tower using one's hair is so fairy-tale old school. This STEM-smart Rapunzel uses the brain beneath her hair to educate her prince (and readers) on the ways the science of simple machines can save the day. A glossary and critical thinking questions reinforce the story's key physics concept"--

"Describes how simple machines are used in construction and how they make work easier. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.

This introduction to levers, wheels, pulleys, inclined planes, and more explains how simple machines simplify our lives.

Describes and compares the four kinds of simple machines, levers, pulleys, wheels, and ramps.