Simple Machines: Wedge. 03/04/2019 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Splitting logs, building canoes, and "uplifting" wedges! Aired 03/04/2019 | Rating TV-G ...

A wedge is one of six types of simple machines. The others are pulleys, levers, wheels, inclined planes and screws. These machines seem quite intuitive, but sometimes surprises happen.

For each tool on their list of 10 simple tools, ask students if it is, or contains, one or more of the six simple machines. ( E.g. a knife would be an example of a wedge; a hammer would be example ...