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A wedge and a screw are both made with an inclined plane. To see how a screw is made from an inclined plane, try the following experiment: 1. Cut out the triangle-shaped wedge pictured here. (Fig. 1) 2. Tape side A to a pencil. (Fig. 2) 3. Roll the triangle around your pencil. Tape the tip of the triangle to the pencil. (Fig. 3) 4. What has happened to the slanted line of the triangle? This slanted line is also called an inclined plane .
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step written directions.
Fig. 1
WEDGE WONDER SCREW WORKING WARMER WHEEL WITHOUT WOULD WOOD WACKY WILD WOW WORLD DRAW SHOWED
WOW! How many Ws are here? Wild & Wacky Puzzle
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
Y A
D W I T
S L R H N W
H W I D W
O O E W O E M R W
W R D G O R E D S
E K
D I R E R E S U Y
H N O A H E W O W
W G W Y K C A W N
L E E H W
L T D M O L W
H O U T H
E R C S
A R D
A Y
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
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