How Machines Work : : zoo Break!

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Inclined to escape -- Living on the wedge -- Getting leverage -- Lots of levers -- A wheely bad idea -- Getting in gear -- Push and pulley -- Pulley power -- A screwy plan -- Drilling in -- Getting complex -- Escape?
Sloth and Sengi are friends. they have grown up together in the zoo, and know every bit of their enclosure. And, frankly, they are a little bored with it. So they begin to plan an escape, with the help of some simple machines ... This book introduces such simple machines as levers, gears, planes, and pulleys.

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Neat submitted by willow on July 25, 2016, 9:10am This book comes with actual models of the machines used in the text, about how two animals are trying to break out of the zoo. They are quite a lot of fun to use, and using them really enhances the understanding of the machines described.

entertaining submitted by Drake Emmitt on June 27, 2019, 9:57pm My 8 year old saw this on the shelf and grabbed it. It was a lot of fun for him to use the machines to see how they worked.

Awesome interactive book! submitted by charliebrown on August 28, 2022, 9:58pm Wish there were more like these!