Simple Machines
Famous Engineers
Engineering Disciplines
Tools & Materials
Inventions & Innovation
100

This simple machine is a ramp. 

What is an Inclined Plane

100

He invented the light bulb and held over 1,000 patents.

Thomas Edison

100

Field involving roads, bridges, and buildings.

Civil Engineering

100

Used to measure angles.

Protractor

100

This useful device uses Pascal's principle. (Some types are used to lift cars)

Hydraulic Jack

200

This simple machine is made of a wheel with a rope or chain.

Pulley

200

This civil engineer designed the Brooklyn Bridge.

John A. Roebling

200

Field focused on machines and engines.

Mechanical Engineering

200

A 3D modeling software often used in engineering.

(Used during our bridge designs) 

AutoCAD

200

The Internet began as this U.S. military project.

ARPANET

300

A pair of scissors uses this type of simple machine.

Lever

300

This aerospace engineer developed the Saturn V rocket.

Wernher von Braun

300

Engineers in this field design circuits and electronics.

Electrical Engineering

300

Name a material, used in aerospace, automotive and sporting goods, known for both strength and flexibility.

Carbon Fiber

300

This invention replaced vacuum tubes in electronics.

Transistor

400

What simple machine is used to hold objects together tightly?

Screw

400

Known for inventing the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

400

Combines biology and technology.

Biomedical Engineering

400

What tool measures electrical current?

Ammeter

400

Renewable energy captured from the sun.

Solar Power

500

Which simple machine reduces friction and is often used in carts?

Wheel and Axle

500

First woman to receive a degree in mechanical engineering in the U.S.

Edith Clarke

500

These engineers study chemical processes in manufacturing.

Chemical Engineers

500

What lightweight metal is common in aerospace engineering?

Titanium

500

This engineering breakthrough allows planes to fly faster than sound.

Supersonic Flight