Hammer

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hammer

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the earliest evidence of hafting?Appears in the archaeological record around 30,000 years ago
2. What is the material progression?Stone → Copper → Bronze → Iron → Steel
3. Why did people start using hammers a long time ago?People used stone hammers over a million years ago to cut meat and break bones. Making a stone with a handle made it easier to hit harder.
4. How do different hammer shapes help with different jobs?A claw hammer has a hook to pull nails out, a ball‑peen hammer has a round tip to smooth metal, and a sledgehammer is very heavy for moving big rocks.

Hafting: The process of attaching a tool head to a handle.
Forging: Shaping metal by heating it and hammering it.
Kinetic Energy: The energy an object possesses due to its motion, calculated as 1/2mv².