Thursday, November 5, 2020

How Do You Lift a Lion?

After reading, How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells students were given a challenge to make a pulley to lift a "lion". The mission was to lift a lion at least three feet off the ground using only the following items.

  • craft sticks
  • tape
  • string
  • scissors
  • pulley
  • "lion" this could be anything you can lift
Questions to consider:
What is the load you are lifting?
What force is working against you?
What will you use for a platform?
How will you keep the "lion" on it?
What will do the work for you?


Creating and Testing 


Using a rock as a "lion"


Box design


"It works!"


"Look at my lion move!"


"Wait...is a pulley like a wheel and axle?"

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How Do You Lift a Lion?

After reading, How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells students were given a challenge to make a pulley to lift a "lion". The ...