You wouldn't want to live without simple machines! / written by Anne Rooney ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780531128152
- 0531128156
- 9780531193631
- 0531193632
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work.This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. You might not even think of them as machines. Many are built into complex (compound) machines-but the simple machine is still in there, doing its job. Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, fix things together, and break things apart.
Includes index.
What is a machine? -- It's simple! -- Putting machines to work -- It's not all fun and games -- The wheels on the bus -- Ups and downs -- A slippery slope -- All screwed up -- Putting it together -- World changing machines -- Power to the people -- Would you want to live without simple machines?
"Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. Many are built into complex machines, but the simple machine is still there doing its job. Discover how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, put things together, and take things apart."-- Back cover.