The Six Simple Machines (simple) — free printable diagram

About this illustration

A six-panel illustrated chart showing each of the six simple machines with colour-coded borders and numbered headings. Panel 1 (green): Lever — a seesaw with a rock as the load on the left, a child sitting on the right providing effort, and a triangular fulcrum in the centre. Panel 2 (blue): Wheel and axle — a wheelbarrow with the wheel and axle labelled. Panel 3 (orange): Pulley — side-by-side diagrams of a single pulley and a double pulley, each lifting a bucket, with red arrows indicating the direction of force. Panel 4 (purple): Inclined plane — a child pushing a crate up a ramp with a purple arrow showing direction of movement. Panel 5 (yellow): Wedge — an axe splitting a log. Panel 6 (teal): Screw — a wood screw being driven into timber with a circular inset showing the helical thread and the annotation 'Thread is a wrapped inclined plane.'

How to use

1. 1Right-click the image and choose “Save image as”, or use the download button.
2. 2Use it in your classroom worksheets, slides or printables — free under CC BY-NC 4.0.
3. 3Attribute as “Image by Kuraplan” or link back to kuraplan.com. Not for commercial resale.