Click on the links below to investigate the six classes of simple machines.

1. MIKIDS - This website explains the six classes of simple machines and gives examples of each.

2. Simple Machine Scavenger Hunt - Can you find and identify the simple machines?

3. Edhead Activities on Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed! Can you find the simple machines?

4. Goldburger to Go - Can you fix Rube Goldberg's invention so that it will work?

5. The Mechanical Mission Game - Can you stop Nip and Tuck from opening the safe? You have to build a trap to catch them using the available simple machines.

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