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Simple Machines

Still image from: Adam Savage's Tested: Adam Assembles a Working 3D-Printed Mechanical Counter!
Adam Savage's Tested: One Day Builds
Episode
21 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Thin tubular object protruding from a machine casing descends perpendicular to a piece of wood laying horizontally below it. Caption: That's right; he's using a power tool called a drill.
10 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Two children on a teeter totter. Caption: Fulcrums play an important role in the actions of a lever.
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Episode 9
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Two children on a teeter totter. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 3
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
People climbing up a staircase. Caption: Inclined planes make it easier to move objects.
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Episode 50
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A spiral car ramp. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 45
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Children on a teeter totter. Caption: A 1st class lever is where the fulcrum is in the center,
Science Video Vocab
Episode 56
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Two children on a teeter totter. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 51
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
A man using a pulley. Caption: The other end of the rope is left free to be pulled on.
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Episode 51
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Close up of a man using a pully. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 46
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
A large screw drilling into the snow. Caption: Screws are handy when it comes to making holes in objects.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 52
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
A screw in wood. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 47
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Large machinery scooping dirt. Caption: Machines make it easier to do work.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 53
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Two children on a teeter totter. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 48
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
A knife on a cutting board chopping onions. Caption: A knife is a type of wedge.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 54
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
A sledgehammer and wedge chopping wood. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 49
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Close up of a bicycle tire. Caption:  A wheel and axle help to move objects.
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Episode 55
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Train crossing a road. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 50
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Man uses a furniture dolly to push 2 cardboard boxes with fragile stickers up a ramp to a truck.
16 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
3 men use a furniture dolly to push an upright piano up a ramp and into a truck.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a copper-colored pulley dangling from a carabiner with a bright blue cord passing through it.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12