Reducing 6 Simple Machines to 4

6 Simple Machines

Lever
Pulley
Wedge
Wheel and Axel
Incline Plane
Screw

We can reduce 6 to 4 because some simple machines include others like the incline plane is really a  and a pulley is a wheel and aix with a groove around the outside.

Pulley
Lever
Wheel and Axel
Inclined Plane

Field Trip

Westwood Field Trip

 

 

 

 

 

Six Flags Math, Science and Physics day is a perfect field trip for our applied engineering class. We will use tools to collect physical data for analysis and predict and calculate forces acting on riders at different points during the ride. We will calculate the work and power necessary to move riders through a ride as well as calculate centripetal acceleration and normal forces acting on riders in circular motion. Students will use the conservation of energy to approximate velocities and altitudes of riders at different points in the ride and use rotational motion equations to determine linear speed of riders in circular motion. 

 

This field trip will be extremely educational if we go on Math, Science, and Physics day. During this day, there is a catered lunch and tickets are 50% less than usual. Six Flags Great Adventure is only 70 miles away and will take less than a hour and a half. I think students will have a good time while learning about the amzing engineering used on these roller coasters.