Exploring some simple machines and their applications

By Robert M. Ritchie, Sophie D. Franklin, Tim G. Harrison, Peter Sainsbury, Paul Tyler, Michele Grimshaw, Dudley E. Shallcross

Issue 16 | Page 35 | Published Jan 2019

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Open-ended investigations, supported by class discussion, can lead to a deep exploration of a topic. Here, the authors discuss this idea using a set of wooden models or machines.

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