Lever

ramp
wedge
screw
 wheel
axle
Light bulb
Door knob
axe
hammer
Jar lid
nail
Wheel chair
stairs
1. What are the best and the most useful inventions of the mankind in the 20th and
21st centuries?
2. What famous inventors do you know?
What were their inventions?
3. How did the invention of television change people's life?
Do you think it is a useful invention?
What is the role of television in your life?
How often do you watch it?
4. When did you buy or get your first mobile phone?
Do you think you can live without your mobile or is it now an important part
of your daily life?
5. What do scientists say about the influence of mobile phones on our health?
6. Do you use the Internet?
What Internet services do you use?
Do you feel any addiction to the Internet?
How much do you spend on the Internet a month?
7. How did the Internet influence such things as communication,
correspondence, access to information?
Do you think that the Internet is the good or the evil?
8. What do you think is the worst invention of the mankind? (weapon, atomic
energy, cigarettes, television, mobile phones, cars, genetically modified
products etc)
9. Do you think time machine will ever be invented?
Would you like to do some time traveling?
What time would you like to visit, what event would you like to witness?
10.Do you think aging is the problem the mankind can not fight?
What discoveries and inventions has been made recently to fight aging?
11.Do you believe that one day people will live on the moon and on other
planets?
Why isn't it possible today?
12.What will you invent if you are a scientist?
 levers
hammer
ramp

stairs
wedge

axe
screw

light bulbs
 wheels and axles

doorknobs
 Bottle cap Car ramp Wheel barrow Human arm
windlass

seesaw scissors Mobile ramp hammer Light bulb

Car parts Jar lid clock doorknob Skating ramp

 seesaw stairs knife Jar lid computer
Bottle opener fork Light bulb truck
axe axe bicycle
hammer car
clock
 Homework
• Workbook: p. 118, 119