The Bike Slows Down

Lab Brief #6

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Energy never disappears — it just hides somewhere else.

What you'll learn

When you stop pedaling a bike, it slowly stops because of friction.

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: which will move faster, and why?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Look closely! What do you see?

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Draw a picture of what you learned today.

Question 1 of 3

What happens when you stop pedaling a bike?

Question 2 of 3

What makes the bike slow down?

Question 3 of 3

How do you make a bike go?

Mind = blown

🎢 You feel weightless on a roller coaster because you and the seat are falling at the same speed.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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