“Delivery,”
said the delivery man as he entered through the doors of the auditorium at the
DeKalb School of the Arts.
“Ah here we go, are these the props?” asked the drama
teacher, her class was setting up for a play later that night. “Yes Ma’am, just
sign here and here,” said the delivery man as he handed her the papers. “Thank
you and have a good evening,” said the teacher as the delivery man was
leaving. They were setting up for their
production of “Romeo and Juliet”, and had special costumes and props ordered so
that they could make it as realistic as possible.
“Anthony
and Thomas, come take these boxes on to the stage so that we can put everything
into place.” Said the teacher.
The boys came over and tried to lift them but they could
barely get them off the ground.
They kept
trying until they were eventually tired and slightly sweaty, so they thought
about it and then they remembered that they had been learning about simple
machines earlier that day in engineering and how simple machines are used to
make jobs that are usually difficult much easier. The boys thought about the
use of each machine and how they could apply it to the situation at hand. They
thought about a lever and how they could put the box on one side and use weight
to make it “jump” on to the stage, but they thought about how dangerous that
would be and it could hurt someone.
Then they thought about a pulley and how they
could wrap one end around the boxes then use a pulley to pull them up, but then
they realized that they would only be able to get the boxes to go directly up.
Lastly, they thought about using an inclined plane, and how they could use the
help of the others in their class to be able to slide the boxes onto the stage.
So they pulled brought the ramp from backstage
and pushed the boxes onto the stage. Later that night, they had performed their
play “Romeo and Juliet”, they sold out the show and hit a record for the
biggest audience to ever attend a play. The End
