Everyday Tools
This tool helps cut paper.
Scissors (lever/wedge)
This helps open jars by twisting.
What is a screw lid
This helps raise the classroom blinds.
What is a pulley?
Builders use this to lift heavy objects.
What is a pulley?
This machine pushes objects upward.
What is an inclined plane?
This helps move pizza while cutting it.
What is a pizza cutter (wheel and axle)
This helps lift toast from a toaster.
What is are tongs (lever)
This helps staple papers together.
What is a stapler (lever)?
This helps move boxes into trucks.
What is a ramp?
This machine pulls things upward using rope.
What is a pulley?
This twists into wood to hold things together.
What is a screw?
This helps pull a bucket from a well.
What is a pulley?
This helps open classroom doors.
What is a doorknob (wheel and axle)?
This splits logs.
What is an axe (wedge)?
This machine cuts or splits objects.
What is a wedge?
This tool helps grate cheese.
What is grater (wedge)
This helps move furniture upstairs.
What is a ramp (inclined plane)?
This helps move books on a cart.
This simple machine twists into wood or walls to hold things together.
What is a screw?
This machine helps lift using a bar and fulcrum.
What is a lever?