Physics in Medicine: How Simple Machines Work in Real Life
Do simple machines still have a place in modern medicine? With this question in mind, students of grade 8 from Biotechnological Lyceum "Radowell" set out on an educational excursion to the Medical Center "Radowell".
Together with their physics teacher, Valentyna Hrek, the students decided to see how theory works in real life. While examining medical equipment, instruments, and functional furniture, they discovered that medicine actively uses simple machines such as the wheel, the lever, the inclined plane, and the screw.
The students then expanded their research and explored the use of simple machines in other fields, including technology, construction, and everyday life. They presented the following educational projects:
✅ “Simple Machines”
✅ “Levers in Medicine”
✅ “Levers in Cooking”
✅ “Levers in the Human Body”
✅ “Levers in Everyday Life”
✅ “Levers in Construction”
✅ “Levers in Space”
✅ “The Use of Levers in Ancient Times”
Learning through experience means not simply imagining an object in the abstract, but seeing it in real life, touching it, and understanding how it actually works.