Levers at Work Diagramming Activity

Levers in the Real World
This page has been created for a lesson in diagramming levers
and identifying which class of lever each item is. Space has been left in the table
so this page can be used with a Smartboard on which students will diagram each object.
Created by S. McKenna 2/26/04; Updated 2/10/05

For each of the of the following objects.

Diagram/identify the fulcrum, effort and load for each item.
Show the direction of the force for each.
Identify each object as a Class-1, Class-2 or Class-3 lever.

This set of pictures are based on the objects we looked at in class.
Compare the diagrams we draw on the Smartboard to those you drew on your sheet.

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Here is a new set of pictures to practice your diagramming and lever identification skills.

Picture	Diagram	Class
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