SIMPLE MACHINES
Description: Identify, use and answer questions about simple
machines
Number of Participants: 2
The Competition
1. Teams move to various sites in the room, which contain a
picture or example of a simple machine.
2. Teams identifies the machine and answers a question or
questions about it, sets it up properly as per instructions
and/or uses equipment to measure some variable such as length, force or
weight
3. The simple machines involved are:
Lever
Inclined Plane
Pulley
Screw
Wheel and Axle
Wedge
4. There is at least one question about each of the six types
listed above
5. Teams moves to a new site when instructed by the judge
6. At least two question involve math and use of mechanical
advantage, but worded in a such a way that only one possible answer
will exist for each
7. Improper calculations reaching a correct answer will not
count. [i.e. dividing one wrong number by another wrong number to
reach a correct number for the answer will not count]
Scoring
Team with the highest score is the winner
Tie Breaker [if any]
The highest score in the section relating to pulleys