The Blueprint
Steps, Simple Machines & Laws:
1. Ball #1 is released and roles down the inclined plane hitting a lever (1st class
lever)
2. Lever kicks out from under another lever (2nd class lever).
3. Lever falls releasing a peg.
4. Peg falls allowing ball #2 to release.
5. Ball #2 rolls down inclined plane and falls into canister.
6. Canister drops (1st class lever) releasing fixed pulley.
7. Weight attached to pulley falls hitting a canister, (1st class lever).
8. Canister falls releasing another canister (1st class lever).
9. Canister, holding fish food, drops fish food into the fish bowl.
1. Ball #1 is released and roles down the inclined plane hitting a lever (1st class
lever)
- A. 2nd Law of Motion: F = M X A
2. Lever kicks out from under another lever (2nd class lever).
- B. 3rd Law of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
3. Lever falls releasing a peg.
4. Peg falls allowing ball #2 to release.
- C. 1st Law of Motion: An object at rest or in motion will stay at rest or in
5. Ball #2 rolls down inclined plane and falls into canister.
6. Canister drops (1st class lever) releasing fixed pulley.
7. Weight attached to pulley falls hitting a canister, (1st class lever).
8. Canister falls releasing another canister (1st class lever).
9. Canister, holding fish food, drops fish food into the fish bowl.