KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Do you remember the six simple machines you learned about in grade school? If not, don’t fret. Chris Steinauer and Ryan Bell from Science City’s S.T.E.A.M. Team… ...

The hands-on exhibit demonstrates the way that six simple machines were able to drastically alter work loads and efficiency in pioneer times.

In this new interactive, hands-on exhibit, families can learn about the six simple machines: pulley, lever, wedge, screw, wheel and axle, and inclined plane; while also understanding how ...

Thimmesh's latest work, "SMASH, CRASH, TOPPLE, ROLL! The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines," was released on May 6. The book is a hybrid offering ...

Since then, Rube Goldberg contests have been held throughout the world — challenging participants to create the most complicated contraptions using what Goldberg defined as six simple machines ...

Students started weeks ago by learning about the six simple machines — the inclined plane, lever, wedge, wheel and axle, pulley and screw.

Future engineering students are becoming inventors. Students from Milwaukee-area middle schools were tasked with creating a complicated machine that can do simple things, like feed a pet.

Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll! The Inventive Rube Goldberg—A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines Catherine Thimmesh, illus. by Shanda McCloskey. Chronicle, $19.99 (56p) ISBN 978-1 ...