The Six Simple Machines (detailed) — free printable diagram

About this illustration

A detailed, fully-labelled reference chart titled 'The Six Simple Machines' showing six numbered panels: (1) Lever – a seesaw with a child on one end, a rock on the other, labelled Effort, Load, and Fulcrum; (2) Wheel and Axle – a wheelbarrow labelled Wheel and Axle; (3) Pulley – single and double pulley diagrams with Load and Effort labels; (4) Inclined Plane – a person pushing a box up a ramp into a truck, labelled Effort and Load; (5) Wedge – an axe splitting a log, labelled Effort and Load (two Load arrows showing the splitting force); (6) Screw – a screw being driven into wood with Effort and Load labels plus a callout explaining the thread as an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder. A key at the bottom explains Effort, Load, Fulcrum, Wheel and Axle, Pulley, and Wedge and Screw with brief definitions.

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