A wedge is one of six types of simple machines. The others are pulleys, levers, wheels, inclined planes and screws. These machines seem quite intuitive, but sometimes surprises happen.

Simple Machines: Wedge. 03/04/2019 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Splitting logs, building canoes, and "uplifting" wedges! Splitting logs, building canoes, and “uplif ...

Students started weeks ago by learning about the six simple machines — the inclined plane, lever, wedge, wheel and axle, pulley and screw.