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Mechanisms and Movement
http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/index.html
Mechanisms and Movement
Mechanisms are used to convert between one type of motion and another. Any machine can be looked on as a group of interconnected mechanisms which convert one type of motion to a variety of other motions.
These changes may be to convert rotary motion to straight line motion or to convert reciprocal (back and forth) motion to intermittent motion. They may also transform a fixed type of motion, for example by magnifying a linear motion or by slowing down a rotary motion.
Here, motions are divided into six basic types.
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Inventing a New Kind of Pencil
http://www.noogenesis.com/inventing/pencil/pencil_page.html
So you want to do some inventing? Well then, ask a student in your class to volunteer showing a pencil to the class that needs improving? For example, a pencil like this ...
inventor | inventions | design | evaluate | D&T | technology |
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