Mechanical Engineer: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Mechanical engineers help design the gears inside a bicycle, so you can change speed and pedal up hills more easily!
Through history
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Long ago
People began building simple machines like levers, wheels, and pulleys to lift heavy stones. Mechanical engineers still use these same ideas today.
Tools of the trade
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Drawing Computer
Engineers use a computer with special drawing programs to make 3D plans of a machine before anyone builds it.
A day in the job
- Lunchtime ChatAt lunch, engineers and builders talk together about problems and share ideas to make machines work even better.
Words to know
- Gear
- A gear is a wheel with little teeth around its edge. When gears fit together, they turn each other to move things.
Quiz time
A mechanical engineer designs the parts inside a washing machine.
Mechanical engineers only design machines that move in the sky.