Title: Model various mechanisms used in inventions and innovations.
Course: Inventions and Innovations (21099-9) > Section: Exploring Tools for Invention and Innovation

Modeling should include

- defining mechanism as a mechanical part of a device
- defining linkage mechanism as a machine or tool that redirects motion
- using physical tools and/or simulations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is an example of a tool or device that uses a linkage mechanism?
- What types of energy and forces are used in mechanisms?
- How are mechanisms in a Rube Goldberg machine used?
- How does making a model of an intended invention/innovation assist with the design process?
- How does one know whether a model is effectively representing the intended invention/innovation?

Teacher Resource:

- Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown
- A Complete Guide To Linkage Mechanisms: What They Are, Types and Uses