{"id":1807,"date":"2019-03-05T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/?page_id=1807"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T20:05:22","slug":"machine1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/machine1\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Machines Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are learning about simple machines. \u00a0A <em>simple machine<\/em> is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a <em>force<\/em>.\u00a0A few of the words we have learned are:\u00a0<b>force,\u00a0<\/b><b>lever<\/b>, <strong>fulcrum<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>pulley<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>wedge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1811\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1811\" class=\"wp-image-1811 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/Levers.01.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Force and Lever<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Force<\/strong> is something that changes the motion of an object.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>lever<\/strong> is a stiff bar that rests on a support called a <strong>fulcrum<\/strong> which lifts or moves loads. A seesaw is a <strong>lever<\/strong> with a <strong>fulcrum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1814\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1814\" class=\"wp-image-1814 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/pulley-e1551815008907-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/pulley-e1551815008907-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/pulley-e1551815008907-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/pulley-e1551815008907.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pulley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pulleys<\/strong> change the direction of force. Flagpoles and elevators use <strong>pulleys<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1816\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"wp-image-1816 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/03\/wedge_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"221\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wedge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <strong>wedge<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<b>simple machine\u00a0<\/b>used to push two objects apart. Examples of the <b>wedge<\/b> include knives, chisels, and axes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are learning about simple machines. \u00a0A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force.\u00a0A few of the words we have learned are:\u00a0force,\u00a0lever, fulcrum,\u00a0pulley, and\u00a0wedge.\u00a0 Force is something that changes the motion of an object. A lever is a stiff bar that rests on a support called a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4452,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1807","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}