UseSimpleMachines



** The ancient Egyptians were very clever. ** ** They figured out how to use the lever. ** ** They built pyramids with stones that weighed a lot. ** ** Inclined planes helped to move them to the right spot. ** ** Why not use wheels? ** ** I’m not certain. ** ** History sometimes holds mysteries behind a time curtain. ** ** Did the Egyptian invention work out? ** ** See a pyramid and you have no doubt. **

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**Look at this Non-Fiction page to see how information is presented about simple machines and pyramids** **http://www.fi.edu/learn/tut/k-4/tut_print_k-4_simple.pdf**

and explain to others how to build a pyramid with simple machines?
**http://www.tooter4kids.com/Simple_Machines/**

**http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm**  

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 **http://www.unmuseum.org/bldpyram.htm**

**http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html**

**http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/pyramids.htm**

**http://www.catchpenny.org/howbuilt.html**

**http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/architecture/pyramids.htm**

**http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/Problem_Board/problems/pulleys/sim1.html**