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christinevanzandt.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing our new #simplemachines #picturebook. Kids will love the fun art by Lesley Breen. @unionsquarekids.bsky.social
#lever #mightymodels series @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
ronnawriter.bsky.social Ronna Mandel @ronnawriter.bsky.social · Jan 16
The Legendary Life Story of the Lever, a new Mighty Models nonfiction picture book by @christinevanzandt.bsky.social w/art by Lesley Breen,
traces the history of the lever, a world-changing invention, and includes a build-it-yourself catapult. #picturebooks #kidlitcommunity
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The Legendary Life Story of The Lever
This Mighty Models picture book traces the history of the lever, a world-changing invention, and includes a build-it-yourself catapult.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
christinevanzandt.bsky.social
Love building models? There's a new #mightymodels series by @unionsqandco.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social. LEVER had a catapult model; COGWHEEL has a clock. A fun way for kids to learn the key roles #simplemachines played in history. #STEM #kidsbooks #newbooks #teachers #elementaryschool
May 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
This build-the-ultimate-fort model project—
a #SimpleMachines & #recycling project—
cont’d this week. Thursday chaos…forts starting to take shape in this second building session; Gr 5s starting to craft pulleys, inclined planes, etc, etc…
November 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM
christinevanzandt.bsky.social
Clyde likes to slide … is a slide a lever? Hmm. Stop by Sunday to talk hippos and #simplemachines with Larissa Brown and Christine Van Zandt. We’re at the @scbwi.bsky.social booth 826 in the Green Zone #levers #nonfiction #picturebook by @unionsqandco.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
April 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
jrdarchivist.bsky.social
It was so nice to see Tsunami live again last night at the Black Cat here in D.C. Please go see them and Ida (who were the best I ever saw them last night) on tour now. Here's a photo I took of Jenny and Kristin at the Simple Machines house back in January 1994. #DCpunk #SimpleMachines #TsunamiDC
March 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
fouquetleroy.bsky.social
1995 @SimpleMachines

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🎶 It’s not Alright b/w Thank-you

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March 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
christinevanzandt.bsky.social
WELCOME BOOK TWO in the #mightymodels series 🎉 Includes a working clock model! #simplemachines #STEM #teachers #history #nonfiction #elementaryschool #clock #industrialrevolution #models #model. By @unionsqandco.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social Karen Crosbie
April 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
christinevanzandt.bsky.social
Thanks for the interview! #simplemachines #mightymodels #newkidsbooks
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
blackrailsband.com
We’ve said it before @tsunamidc.bsky.social, but this record likely would not exist without the #SimpleMachines #MechanicsGuide.

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Simple Machines Records | Mechanic's Guide
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November 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM
mrschuermann.bsky.social
Somebody brought in a toy truck today. 🚛

Learners were wondering if it travel all the way across the LLC with one push. 🤔

A dozen ramps later & a little teamwork...success! 🏆

#GrowthMindset #STEM #SimpleMachines #Teamwork #FutureReadyPeel #Collaboration #TLsky #EduSky
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
Annually, I do this design-your-ultimate-fort project with at least one Gr 5 class. It’s a #scienterrific #makerspace project in which they use recycled funky junk to turn a blueprint plan into a model fort that uses at least one example of each of the six #simplemachines.
June 9, 2024 at 11:16 PM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
This afternoon, the library was in a state of (happy/creative) chaos as 5s were spread over the tables and floors working on starting their Sci project #SimpleMachines forts. I rapidly demoed some cardboard attachment tricks and then…maelstrom! (Hence no actual photos)
November 8, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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January 21, 2024 at 1:21 PM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
Yesterday:
Cont’d unit we’ve been doing w/ Gr 5s.

They were taking the learning about levers, wedges, etc and putting into blueprint drawings for their ultimate fort designs.

Next, they use recycled junk and a cardboard box to build their fort model. Then present on the 6 #SimpleMachines in it.
November 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM
kcollazo.bsky.social
⚙️ Studying #ForceAndMotion, #SimpleMachines, or introducing #EDP to your elementary students?

🛠️ New blog post just for you featuring @sHood125 and @arreechung’s adorable #PB The Fix-It Man! 📚👍🏼

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#STEM #STEMeducation #KidLit
Shelf with picture book entitled The Fix-It Man showing.
October 23, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Learning just got fun!
Check out our 20 flashcards about Simple Machines! Kids can learn about levers, pulleys, wheels, screws, wedges, and inclined planes through simple, bright pictures.
#SimpleMachines #KidsLearning #FlashcardsForKids #FunLearning #KidsActivities
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
jtindahaus.bsky.social
Workshop in full use today making a fourth print in my Simple Machines illustration series. Teaching myself how to do all kinds of things today, super fun.

#PrintMaking
#SimpleMachines
#ArtForArtsSake
JT creating prints of to illustrate the Inclined Plane and Wedge. Initial drawing on the mdf for caving with new Japanese tools! Photo showing three finished illustrations of other Simple Machines along with the one to be carved today.
September 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
bigboogiejay.bsky.social
I feel like we need a video of Bill Nye the Science Guy explaining how pulleys work by using a guillotine as an example

#biilnye #sciencerules #simplemachines #NYC #CEO #eattherich
December 9, 2024 at 10:17 PM
lazzieb.bsky.social
I'd recommend people move to another safe platform with similar community structure but it's not here, it's not twitter, it's not reddit, it's not discord, it's not -COHOST-, it's not tumblr; it's a simplemachines forum from 2007, but that's yknow. Not going to have the uptake.
January 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
Didn’t take any actually good photos, but the gist…

I have a pulley mounted on the ceiling so that we can experiment when studying #SimpleMachines sci, as I’m currently team-teaching w/ a new Gr 5 teacher.

Soon, we’ll do a hands-on building project: build model fort that inc simple machines.
October 8, 2024 at 4:09 AM
viktortheboar.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy
[Replacements for Discord hot takes (warning: VERY HOT)]

First one is the lack of support for phone screens. Now, I have yet to check the state of forums in 2025 but I'm pretty sure SOMEONE built a responsive forum or a skin for simplemachines or whatever the hell. Tapatalk might still exist […]
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February 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
Reviving this annual #SimpleMachines project w/ a Gr5 class…

(Lots of extra details about project in ALT for images)

#HandsOn #PlayLearning
#Makerspace #TLsky #Skybrarians
A PicCollage app amalgamation of pictures shown separately in the next few pictures in this post…re: simple machines for model building project. A photo of a past students model of their ultimate fort design. It is built from cardboard boxes and various recycle junk. It has things like a couch with tables and chairs and other doll house type furniture all handmade from recycled junk. It also has simple machines like an inclined plane slide, a foosball tableas levers, etc. to incorporate the simple machines by also using recycle junk to build examples. Another cardboard and recycled junk for model this one’s showing quite a stellar set of stairs up to a landing, and then 90° turning up another flight of stairs – made with cardboard, bent in the shape of the stairs. An example of the first stage of the project where the kids brainstorm out ideas for a fort model and draw a blueprint of their fort. This one shows a tree with a great big cut away fort built up in it, and a ladder coming down to the ground. The fort has two main floors and a steep inclined roof. On the ground below the tree, and in the fort are various objects labelled as simple machines, for example, a seesaw/lever. After the blueprint phase, the kids then attempt to build a representation of the actual fort. The main goal of course is to be able to explain what why and how the simple machines are/work.
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
kcollazo.bsky.social
We took EB to a really cool indoor play place in our town. It has an indoor putt-putt golf course with the most unique challenges to position your ball!⛳️

This was my favorite! #STEM #SimpleMachines
September 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
matchthememory.com
#Science and #Engineering teachers, send your students our way to learn about #SimpleMachines. We've got three brand-new games on the topic!

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Hard - buff.ly/cGU1uMs
Examples - buff.ly/jfa81VP
July 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM