1. Have students research and write a report on one of the six simple machines.
2. Have students design and build a pulley system.
3. Have students create a Rube Goldberg machine.
4. Have students calculate the mechanical advantage of various simple machines.
5. Have students experiment with different inclined planes to see how they affect the amount of force needed to move an object up the plane.
6. Have students experiment with different pulley systems to see how they affect the amount of force needed to move an object.
7. Have students experiment with different lever arm lengths to see how they affect the amount of force needed to move an object.
8. Have students experiment with different gear ratios to see how they affect the amount of force needed to move an object.
9. Have students calculate the efficiency of various simple machines.
10. Have students write a research paper on the history of simple machines.