Lesson 27 of 84 · Forces

Experiment⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark Lab

Things That Spin

🧪Lab Brief #27

Things That Spin.

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

The opposite of what you expect is often what happens.

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Mind = Blown

🔥 A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what happens if you double the force?

What You'll Learn

A magnet can move a paper clip without touching it! That is magnetic force.

Key Words

turn
move

Materials Needed

pencils
toy cars
ramps
string
weights

Safety First

Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Adult supervision recommended.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about Forces with a grown-up. What do you already know?

Step 2 — Do

Try pulling a wagon with one hand, then two hands. Which is easier?

Step 3 — Observe

What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.

Step 4 — Record

Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Does a ball bounce?

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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