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Lesson⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark Lab

The Bike Slows Down

🧪Lab Brief #6

The Bike Slows Down.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Energy never disappears — it just hides somewhere else.

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Mind = Blown

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

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Make a hypothesis first

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

What You'll Learn

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

Key Words

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Steps

Step 1 — Read

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

Step 2 — Observe

Look closely! What do you see?

Step 3 — Record

Draw a picture of what you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What happens if you push harder?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

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