Pulley STEM Project Worksheet
What you do (Pull down, lift up): 1. Push the pencil through the thread reel; an adult holds the pencil ends level. 2. Tie the paper cup to one end of the string and lay the string over the reel. 3. Put coins in the cup and pull the other end down. 4. Feel how hard you pull; never stand under the load or wrap string round your fingers.
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- 1.🇮🇳 Where do we see a pulley at school on Independence Day? (a) in the tap (b) on the bench (c) on the flagpole (d) on the blackboard
- 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the thread-reel pulley? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) string
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? True or false: number of pulleys is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the thread-reel pulley? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same string (b) how hard we must pull (c) number of pulleys
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same cup of coins (b) the same string (c) the lifting height (d) number of pulleys
- 8.🏗️ Why is a pulley used to lift water from a deep well? (a) pulling down is easier (b) water gets lighter (c) the bucket floats (d) the rope gets shorter
- 9.⚙️ Which simple machine is a spoon lifting a lid? (a) a pulley (b) a wheel and axle (c) a lever (d) an inclined plane
- 10.🛟 Why should you never stand under a load being lifted? (a) it might sing (b) it gets hot (c) it could fall on you (d) it is magnetic
- 11.⚙️ Which of these is a wheel and axle? (a) a doorknob (b) a slide (c) a see-saw (d) a crane
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? True or false: how hard we must pull is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a pencil is needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: a spoon lifting a lid is a lever. (a) True (b) False
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? True or false: the same cup of coins is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 16.⚙️ Which simple machine is a crowbar? (a) an inclined plane (b) a pulley (c) a lever (d) a wheel and axle
- 17.True or false: a magnet is needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔮 Predict: you add a moving pulley that holds the cup. The pull needed becomes ___. (a) double (b) zero (c) about half (d) the same
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the thread-reel pulley. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) coins as the load (c) an empty thread reel (d) string
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the thread-reel pulley? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a small paper cup
- 22.⚙️ Which of these is an inclined plane? (a) a spoon lifting a lid (b) a ramp (c) a doorknob (d) a crowbar
- 23.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the thread-reel pulley? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.True or false: a crowbar uses a pulley. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a spoon lifting a lid uses a pulley. (a) False (b) True
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? What do we do with “the same cup of coins”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 27.🔮 Predict: you add more coins to the cup. Pulling it up gets ___. (a) the same (b) impossible (c) harder (d) easier
- 28.True or false: string is needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) False (b) True
- 29.⚙️ Which simple machine is a crane? (a) an inclined plane (b) a lever (c) a pulley (d) a wheel and axle
- 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the thread-reel pulley? (a) string (b) yeast (c) an empty thread reel (d) a small paper cup
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? What do we do with “number of pulleys”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? True or false: the lifting height is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the thread-reel pulley. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a small paper cup (c) an empty thread reel (d) a pencil
- 34.⚙️ Which simple machine is a bottle opener? (a) a lever (b) a pulley (c) a wheel and axle (d) an inclined plane
- 35.⚙️ Which of these is a lever? (a) a spoon lifting a lid (b) a tap handle (c) a well pulley (d) a sloping road
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same string (b) the same cup of coins (c) number of pulleys (d) how hard we must pull
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — is lifting the cup easier with one pulley or with two? True or false: how hard we must pull is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the thread-reel pulley. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the thread-reel pulley. Which one is NOT needed? (a) an empty thread reel (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) coins as the load
- 40.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the thread-reel pulley? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- on the flagpole
- string
- False
- False
- not needed
- the same string
- number of pulleys
- pulling down is easier
- a lever
- it could fall on you
- a doorknob
- True
- True
- True
- True
- a lever
- False
- True
- about half
- yeast
- a small paper cup
- a ramp
- not needed
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- harder
- True
- a pulley
- yeast
- we change it
- False
- a balloon
- a lever
- a spoon lifting a lid
- how hard we must pull
- False
- True
- turmeric powder
- not needed
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