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From: Science World
Date: 20080218
Author:Mills, Melinda

Melinda Mills, this issue's contributor, suggests introducing this activity after students have read "Building the World's Biggest Wheel" (p. 16):

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A Ferris wheel is a simple machine. This physical science activity assesses students' understanding of simple machines.

First, introduce students to Edgar Rice Burroughs's At the Earth's Core. In this novel, an inventor builds a machine to take him to Earth's center. Read to students the opening paragraphs, which contain a description of the machine. (See www.literature.org/authors ...

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