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Answer each of the following questions. Please do this as
independently as possible. In other words keep your eyes on your
own computer screen. When done, "submit." Then, practice your
typing skills with Mavis Beacon

• 1) When working on your crazy contraption, the use of a funnel is most
  likely to be an example of a
  

  screw
  wedge
  wheel and axle
• 2) When working on your crazy contraption, the use of a 'Hot Wheels'
  toy car is most likely to be an example of a
  

  screw
  pulley
  wheel and axle
• 3) Splitting, cutting or pushing two things apart would be an example
  of a
  

  pulley
  wedge
  inclined plane
• 4) If a marble is rolling down a paper towel tube that is set at an
  angle, it is most likely that the paper towel tube is a(n)
  

  inclined plane
  wedge
  screw
• 5) While working on your crazy contraption, if you decide to use some
  round disks and a length of string, you're probably trying to
  construct a
  

  screw
  wedge
  pulley
• 6) While working on your crazy contraption, if a classmate asks you to
  get something that would work as a fulcrum, then they are probably
  trying to construct a
  

  wedge
  wheel and axle
  lever
• 7) So far, what simple machines has your group constructed for your
  crazy contraption? Please explain.
  
• 8) What simple machines is your group still planning to include into
  your crazy contraption? Please explain.
  
• 9) Do you think that your group will have your crazy
  contraption 'working' by the end of class on Tuesday? Why or why
  not?
  
• 10) Name the person that seems to be contributing the most ideas.
  Answer:
• 11) Do you believe that everyone is 'contributing' to the construction
  of the crazy contraption?
  

  yes
  no
• 12) Has your group tried to construct something that didn't work, and
  needed to re-do or re-work that part?
  

  yes
  no
• 13) Are there any 'supplies' that your group needs in order to complete
  your contraption? If so, what do you need?
  
• 14) Rate your group's performance:
  

  4=very good
  3=pretty good
  2=just so-so
  1=could be better
  0=we're just not working together at all
• 15) Any other questions or concerns? (Please know that after making
  these contraptions, your group will also be making a poster to
  describe how the energy is being transferred.)