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Suppose you nedded to move an object. You might use tools to help you. Machines are tools that use enegry to do work. Simple Machines are machines with a few or no moving parts. Machines make work easier. You probably have used several of the six different kinds of simple machines.

Pretend you need to lift a heavy object like a big rock. You could use a lever to help you. A lever is a simple machine machine of a board that is used to move objects. A seesaw or teeter-totter is really a lever. The middle of the seesaw has something under it to hold it up. This is called the fulcrum. The lever moves back and forth on the fulcrum. On a seesaw, each person takes turns lifting the other person.

To lift a rock with a lever, you would need a board to be the lever and a fulcrum to hold it up. Another rock can be a fulcrum. The object being lifted is called the load. You move the load by pushing down on the end of the lever.

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