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Clips for CLIL – http://clipsforclil.blogspot.comSeptember 2008
 
Simple Machines
Video clip:
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/16886-compound-machines-the-six-simple-machines-video.htm
Name: ……………………………………….. Today is: ……………………………1. Look at the following items. Tell your partner the ones you think areSIMPLE machines.
wheelbarrowwedgescrewcan openerleverInclined planewheel and axle pulley
2.
 
 Watch and tick the simple machines.
[00:00 – 00:20]
3.
 
Circle the correct answers
 
Simple machines have been used for thousands of  years to make work….
 
…easier …..slower ….faster ....more difficult
4.
 
Guess the answers then watch and check.
[00:35 – 02:18]
 
1. Lever a) used to move objects from one elevation to another2. Pulley b) holds material tightly together3. Inclined plane c) a free-moving plank and a fixed turning point called a fulcrum4. Wedge d) grooved wheel with rope or belt passing through it5. Screw e) made up of an ‘effort arm’ and ‘resistance arm’6. Wheel and axle f) have cutting edges
Answers:
1 ____ 2 _____ 3_____ 4 ____ 5____ 6______ 
 

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