Quizzes and Games
The following sites provide you with an opportunity to test your new simple machines knowledge! Put your skills to the test as you play simple machines games and quiz yourself on all that you have just learned!
This link takes you to a site that lets you explore simple machines found in places around this virtual house and tool shed. Find and identify all of the simple machines you have learned about. Visit the tool shed to learn more about compound machines, a machine made up of two or more simple machines. Try it out! Use this site as a tutorial on each simple machine. Watch videos and quiz yourself on what is happening in each one! Some of the vocabulary used on this site may be challenging, but the concepts are exactly what we have been discussing throughout Chapter two. |
Need a quick refresher before completing Assessment 2 and Performance Task 2? Here you will find ample information about the simple machines we have studied, along with videos and quizzes/activities you may complete to help you review for your end of chapter activities. |
Here you will find a simplistic quiz that will help you identify the six simple machines we have studied. Use these everyday examples to help you review the different simple machines. |
Want to test your knowledge about pulleys? Here is your opportunity. Watch the movie and "play the quiz" on this site to see if you know all there is to know about this simple machine! |
Play this search game to find simple machines hidden in the picture. Use the arrows to look around, click on the simple machines you see, and identify which machine you found! |
Try the match-up or concentration games listed on this site to test your simple machine knowledge! Match the correct description to the simple machine pictured in the match-up game. Or, try to remember the location of description cards and the simple machine example cards that match one another in this "memory" type game. |
What type of simple machine is a door knob? On this site, learn all about the door knob, the mechanisms inside how it works, and use the arrows to make it turn to see the exact science behind this simple machine! |