Ammachi's Amazing Machines

Rajiv Eipe

"Ammachi! Ammachi! Could we make
coconut barfi today?" Sooraj asked his grandmother.
"PLEEEEEAASE?"

"Hee hee hee! Only if you help me make it, eh?" replied Ammachi.
"YAY!"

"Ready?" shouted Sooraj.
"Ready!" said Ammachi.

"We’ll only pick the ripe ones, okay?
The ones that are brown all over...
Watch out! Here they come!"
WHOOOSH... WHUMP!

"Now to get the husk off…"
POTCH! CRAANKK!

Sooraj’s
stomach went: "GRRRRRR!"
Ammachi
giggled.

"Then we crACK
the shell… like THIS!"
KHATAK!

"And grrrrrraaaaate the
frrrrrrrruuuit!"

"Toss it into the pan with all the
other ingredients…"
"It smells SO good , Ammachi!"

"Then we pour it all out on to a
tray… Wait for it to cool, baba!"

"Now cut it into
neat little slices…"
SQUEAK
SQUEAK

"YIPPEE! Our coconut barfi is r eady to be eaten!"
" YUM YUM YUM!"

Ammachi's barfi was made using SIMPLE MACHINES! Simple
machines make it easier to do work. There are six kinds of simple machines:
1. Inclined
plane
2. Lever
3. Wheel
and Axle

4. Wedge
5. Pulley
6. Screw
Can you
identify the simple machines that Sooraj and Ammachi used in the process of
making coconut barfi?