Dona Herweck Rice
Hit It! History of Tools Rice
T ools T ools
Hit It! Hit It!
Consultant
Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.
Kent State University
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Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director
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Lesley Palmer , Designer
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Table of Contents
Dig In! ............................................
The Nuts and Bolts .................................
Nailing It .........................................
Tools of the Trade .................................
The Finishing Touch ................................
Glossary ..........................................
Index ............................................
About the Author .................................
Dig In!
She picks up the sticks. She looks at them closely and thinks about
what to do. She points the sticks down and works to grab her food. It is
hard to do, but she keeps trying. Then, finally, success! She puts the food
to her mouth and eats.
But the sticks are not chopsticks, and she is not human. She is a
chimpanzee. She uses the sticks to scoop up termites for her dinner.
The tools make her life a little easier.
Throughout time, people have made tools to do many different
things, including to eat. But it is amazing to think that other animals
use tools, too!
A chimpanzee eats termites
using a long stick.
Chopsticks ()
Chopsticks are used like tongs to pick up
food or to push it into a persons mouth
straight from a bowl. They were first used in
China around 5,000 years ago . Along with
knives, they are among the earliest man-made
eating utensils we know.
The Nuts and Bolts
What is the point of making and using tools? Tools get the job done,
whatever it is.
The brain is amazing. There is not much the brain can imagine that
it cannot figure out how to make happen no matter how impossible
it seems at first. For example, long ago in ancient Egypt, people built
enormous pyramids that still stand. How did they do it? After all, they
did not have the modern cranes , bulldozers, and other powerful equipment
we have now. But they used their brains to figure out the right tools,
materials , and equipment. We see the results of their work today rising
from the desert sand.
Ancient Egyptians used
tools to create the towering
pyramids we see today .
Tool or Equipment?
Whats the difference? Equipment is something
used for a specific purpose. For example, a
helmet is a piece of equipment used to protect
the head. Tools are things that are made or
used to do work. A hammer is a tool that is
made to pound nails.
