The Inventors at Martinsville Boys and Girls Club

The students at the Martinsville Boys and Girls Club learned about simple machines on January 26th. They then created invetions using them: the pulley, lever, wedge, inclined plane, and wheel and axle. Their challenge was to create a machine that would lift a can from the floor up to rest on a chair. They had to use at least three simple machines and could not touch the can with their hands. They were very creative and inventive!

"We made a contraption to pick up a can and put it on top of a chair. We used plastic containers, straws, string, tape, and an egg carton. We had a wheel and axel, lever, and a pulley."

-Helen Nguyen