The simple machines shop
A short list of books, kits and building sets for simple machine fans. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Books & kit
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Books
- Simple machines books for children (affiliate link)Picture books and first guides to levers, pulleys and ramps; check the age range.
- How things work books (affiliate link)Big illustrated guides to the machines around us.
- Mechanics and physics books (affiliate link)Forces, work and energy, explained properly.
- Books about Archimedes (affiliate link)The mathematician of Syracuse, his levers and his screw.
- Galileo biographies (affiliate link)The man who showed that machines only transform energy.
Build and test
- Simple machines science kits (affiliate link)Build levers, pulleys and ramps; check the age range.
- Pulley kits (affiliate link)A few wheels and some cord: count the ropes yourself.
- Engineering building kits (affiliate link)Gears, axles and beams for building your own machines.
- LEGO Technic (affiliate link)Gears, axles and levers in brick form.
- Gear toy sets (affiliate link)Wheels and axles that turn each other.
- Spring scales (newton meters) (affiliate link)Measure your pull in newtons, as in the experiments on this site.
- Screwdriver sets (affiliate link)A wheel and axle that drives a screw.
Fun
- Wooden catapult kits (affiliate link)A lever you build yourself, to aim at a cushion.
- Marble runs (affiliate link)Inclined planes, all the way down.
- Simple machines posters (affiliate link)The six machines on the classroom wall.
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