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Build and Test the Spring Scale

Assemble the spring scale as shown. Use the force

meter scale from the die-cut cardboard sheet.

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Instructions

Warning! — This set contains chemicals

that may be harmful if misused. Read cau-

tions on individual containers carefully. Not

to be used by children except under adult

supervision.

Only for use by children 8 years of age and

older. Use only under careful supervision

of adults who have familiarized themselves

with the kit’s written safety precautions.

A Note to Parents and Supervising Adults

Please stand by your child’s side as they do

the experiments in this kit, providing sup-

port and company to him or her as needed.

Read through the instructions together

before beginning the experiments, and

follow them. Please be sure that no small

pieces get into the hands of young chil-

dren. Provide your child with any required

household items that are not contained in

the kit, and encourage your child to repeat

an experiment if the initial results don’t

meet expectations.

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Contents Introduction Measuring Forces Levers

Simple machines are devices that make physical

work easier by changing the amount of force re-

quired to do work or changing the direction of the

force required to do work. To understand this, we

ﬁrst need to understand what forces and work are.

For the purpose of this kit, you can think of a

force as a push or a pull that causes an object to

move, or change its speed if it is already moving.

When you push on a door to open it, you are apply-

ing force to the door to move it open. Forces act on

masses (objects with mass) in speciﬁc .directions

You may think of as the chores your work

parents make you do or the assignments you do

in school, but to a physicist, work is the amount

of energy exerted when a force moves an object a

certain . When you carry a box of toys up distance

the stairs, you are doing work equal to the amount

of force it takes to move that box the distance from

the bottom of the stairs to the top.

So, simple machines make work easier to do by

allowing you to push or pull with less force or in a

more convenient direction to move an object. But,

any force that is saved by using a simple machine

must be accounted for in terms of distance. This

is an important rule to remember about simple

machines. The amount to which a simple machine

makes work easier is called its mechanical advan-

tage. There are six classic types of simple machines:

In order to be able to experiment with

simple machines and see what they are

doing, we need a way to measure forces.

To do this, we will build a , spring scale

which is a simple tool that uses a spring

to measure forces. Most spring scales use

metal coil springs, but we will build one

using a rubber band which exhibits some

of the same elastic properties as a metal

spring.

The theory behind the way a spring

scale works is that the amount of force it

takes to stretch the spring is proportional

to the distance the force stretches the spring. In

other words, a large force will stretch the spring

a lot and a small force will stretch the spring

only a little. By measuring the distance a spring

is stretched, we can approximate the force being

exerted on the spring.

Experimen

Class 1 Lever

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lever.

bottle weight to the spot

where the blue arrow is and hook the spring scale

on the joint pin. Now, a downward load is coun-

tered by an upward force. How much force does it

take to lift the bottle now? If you move the load to

a hole closer to the fulcrum, how does it change the

force required to lift it?

Experiment

Class 3 Lever

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Lever: A lever is a rigid bar that can be pivoted on a point,

called the fulcrum. Applying force to one part of the lever will

cause a load (weight) somewhere else on the lever to move.

Wheel and Axle: This is a

wheel with a pole through its center

called the axle. It is actually a type of

lever that rotates around the fulcrum.

Pulley: A pulley is a wheel and axle with a groove

in its circumference. A rope or chain is run through the

groove. A weight attached to one end can be moved by

pulling in the opposite direction on the other end.

Inclined Plane: This is a ramp where

one end is higher than the other. Moving an

object up the ramp requires less force

than lifting the object vertically.

Screw: A screw is an inclined plane

wrapped around a pole. It converts are turning

force into a straight (linear) force along the

length of the pole.

Wedge: A wedge is two inclined

planes attached back to back. It converts a

force acting on its end into two perpendicu-

lar forces acting out from the sides.

Water Bottle Weight

You will need to

make a weight out o

a water bottle. Have

an adult poke two

holes in the bottle

cap and use it to tie

on the cardboard lid

and the hook with

the string. Fill the

bottle with about

a half of a cup of

water.

Force

Fulcrum

Load

How much does

the water bottle

weight? A half cup of

water weighs

about 1 N

(Newton).

Levers are rigid bars that pivot on a point called the

fulcrum. A weight (or load) at one point on the bar

can be moved by applying a force to another point

on the bar. If the distance from the fulcrum to the

force (the ) is greater than the distance force arm

from the fulcrum to the load (the ), than load arm

a smaller force can move a larger load. This is how

the lever makes work easier. There are three

types of levers: . The class Class 1, 2, and 3

depends on where the load and

force are positioned relative to

the fulcrum.

The part sepa-

rator tool is

actually a class

1 lever, as this

illustration

shows.

Assemble the parts as

shown. The long rod

should pivot on the axle.

This pivot point is the ful-

crum.

Now we will test it.

You will need a helper to

hold the base plate ﬁrmly

in place. Hook the water bottle

weight (the load) to one side and

use a joint pin to attach the spring

scale washer to the other side.

A downward force

on the load side is

counteracted by a

downward force

on the other

side. How

much force

does it take

to lift the

water bottle

weight?

Examples of Class 1 Levers

Seesaw

Crowbar

ass 2 Levers

Wheelbarro

apler

Examples of Class 3 Levers

Fishing ro

Joint pin (3)

Shaft plug (3)

Axle lock (1)

Washer (5)

Long axle (2)

Part separator

tool (1)

Rubber band (1)

String (1)

Base plate (1)

Die-cut cardboard sheet

Large gear (1)

Five-hole rod (1)

Three-hole rod (2)

Corner piece (4)

Pulley wheel (4)

Small frame (2)

Long rod (2)

Small gear (1)

Medium gear (1)

Tire for pulley

wheel (4)

Anchor pin (2)

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