Extend learning with these resources.

Pre- and post-visit activities

Help Twitch do his late-night work in the Museum workshop by creating simple machines.

• Simple Machines online game

Explore all six simple machines in these activities:

• Wedge (PDF)
• Inclined plane (PDF)
• Screw (PDF)
• Lever (PDF)
• Pulley (PDF)
• Wheel and axle (PDF)

Additional resources

• Rube Goldberg
• Robo Arm

Museum connections 

• Science Storms
• Swiss Jolly Ball
• Simple Machines Student Guide (PDF)
• Simple Machines Chaperone Guide (PDF)

Career connections

• Discover Engineering