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Michaella Chemello
Engineer in Training (Civil)
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Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
![Space lander](/sites/default/files/2020-12/yellow-space-lander.jpg)
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
![Construction worker with house plan](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/construction-worker-plan.jpg?itok=pd3vZ41D)
Careers with Form and Function
Lessons
Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.
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Innovating with Form and Function
Lessons
Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.
![Denika Mitchelmore Regardant le pont du navire depuis sa grue de manœuvre de cabine de grue](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-03/Denika%20Mitchelmore.jpeg?itok=n12zXFIL)
Denika Mitchelmore
Assistant Crane Operator
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Simple Machines - Levers
Backgrounders
The lever is a type of simple machine. Learn about the different classes of levers and how they provide mechanical advantage.
![What do magnets do?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/what-do-magnets-do.jpg)
What do magnets do?
Hands-on Activities
Have fun discovering what magnets can pick up in this hands on activity.
![Roller Coaster Roller Coaster](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1454520910860-c95bba7de5a2.jpg?itok=9wC1kwyB)
Simple Machines: Inclined Planes
Picture Collections
5 images of examples where inclined planes are used to help lift or move objects such as ramps for accessibility or entertainment
![Seesaw [Class 1 Lever] Seesaw [Class 1 Lever]](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/seesaw.jpg?itok=pRWoCsg2)
Simple Machines: Levers
Picture Collections
6 images of some objects such as tweezers, scissors and wheel barrows that use the lever principle to create movement for a specific purpose
![Pulley With Chains Pulley with Chains](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/ARA2011-01-03_13-46-56.jpg?itok=bSBBEgxq)
Simple Machines: Pulleys
Picture Collections
6 images of some objects such as in fitness equipment which use wheels with grooves in their rims called pulleys for movement
![Wood Screw Wood Screw](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/Screw_3.jpg?itok=AnqMZDRD)
Simple Machines: Screws
Picture Collections
5 images of some objects such as corkscrews that have a mechanism of an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder to create movement
![Chisels Chisels](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/Klopfholz_mit_Beiteln.jpg?itok=I8HFNy5J)
Simple Machines: Wedges
Picture Collections
6 images of some tools such as axes and spikes that are inclined planes and used to help push objects apart
![Ferris Wheel: The London Eye Ferris Wheel: The London Eye](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/London_Eye_-_head_on_view.jpg?itok=LdM6yYsS)
Simple Machines: Wheels And Axles
Picture Collections
6 images of some objects such as ferris wheels and skate boards with wheel and axle mechanisms that create rotary movement
![Tennis Balls Tennis Balls](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/PM_Tennis_Balls.jpg?itok=rGSq-yLm)
Bouncing Objects
Picture Collections
10 images of some spherical objects such as golf balls and tennis balls that are made of different materials and used for specific purposes