Name: Simple Machines
Released: 1993-11-12

Exploring science can be challenging, but simple machines can simplify the process. Join Bill Nye as he guides you through the world of ramps, levers, screws, and pulleys. These innovative tools help make tasks easier by redistributing forces over distances. For instance, rather than lifting a heavy box up a flight of stairs, you could use a system of ropes and pulleys to hoist it or slide it up a ramp. While simple machines require less force, they do involve moving over greater distances. Climbing a long staircase to the Empire State Building is far easier than scaling a ladder to the top. Simple machines embody the wonders of science.

Show Bill Nye the Science Guy

Episode S01E10

Air Date Nov 12, 1993

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 Aluminum Foil, Snowboards, Contact Lenses, Bread S01E01 Flight S01E02 Earth's Crust S01E02 Compact Discs, Mozzarella Cheese, Pantyhose, Fluorescent Tubes S01E03 Dinosaurs S01E03 Toothpicks, Acrylic Bathtubs, Helicopters, Beer S01E04 Skin S01E04 Hearing Aids, 3-D Puzzles, Rubber Mats, Toilets S01E05 Buoyancy S01E05 Copy Paper, Jeans, Computers, Plate Glass S01E06 Gravity S01E06 Nails and Staples, Safety Glasses, Fabrics, Bicycles S01E07 Kayaks, Safety Boots, Electronic Signs, Cereals S01E07 Digestion S01E08 Trucks, Adhesive Bandages, Computer Circuit Boards, Liquors S01E08 Phases of Matter S01E09 Steel, Apple Juice, Aircraft Landing Gear, Cosmetics S01E09 Biodiversity S01E10 Holograms, Package Printing, Skin Culture, Canned Corn S01E10 Simple Machines S01E11 Plastic Bags, Solar Panels, Plastic Gasoline Containers, Hockey Sticks S01E11 The Moon S01E12 Aluminum Screw Caps, Chocolate, Pills, Pasta S01E12 Sound S01E13 Bicycle Helmets, Aluminum, Car Brakes, Lithium Batteries S01E13 Garbage S01E14 Structures S01E15 Earth's Seasons S01E16 Light & Color S01E17 Cells S01E18 Electricity S01E19 Outer Space S01E20 Eyeball

Simple Machines (S01E10)

Season 1 Episodes