Thursday, 4 June 2015

Fun with Pulleys

A pulley makes work easier.

It is hard to lift a heavy load, but by using a pulley you need less force to lift the heavy load.

We had a lot of fun this morning exploring how to lift loads with a pulley.





We found out that:

You pull down on one end, you have weight on the other end.  Then the weight will go up.  Luke G

A pulley needs a simple machine called a wheel and an axle.  Layla

A pulley has 3 wheels at the top.  It takes less force to pull it down.  Jenaya

The more wheels you have the easier it will be to pull something heavy up.  Isaac

A type of machine that helps you lift something heavier.  You need less force to lift it.  Maidah

The pulley uses less force.  Layla

When we watched a video about pulleys we also found out that although it takes less force to lift an object with a pulley it does take longer.

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