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EveryDay Science: Forces and Torques Part 8

In this last part of the Forces and Torque Show, the crew takes a quick trip to the Fort Collins Discovery Museum to see the principles of levers at work to lift a piano and move a bison!

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EveryDay Science: Forces and Torques Part 6

The team takes a trip to the hardware store, and sees some of the levers examples of levers in their daily lives. Levers are used to cut, turn, twist and even trim bushes!

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EveryDay Science: Forces and Torques Part 4

Brian, McKenzie and Taylor explore forces and torques in common kitchen tools. They use the relationship between force and distance to crack a walnut and slice and apple! All of these kitchen tools use either a lever or a wedge!

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EveryDay Science: Forces and Torques, Part 3

Brian, McKenzie and Taylor explore wedges and how they use the relationship between force and distance to split things apart.

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