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Lesson 47 of 84 ยท Forces

Simulationโญ 30 XPโšก Spark Lab

Let's Play with Magnets (Part 2)

Let's Play with Magnets (Part 2)
๐ŸงชLab Brief #47

Let's Play with Magnets (Part 2).

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.

โšก The twist

Speed isn't the same as force. Don't mix them up.

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Mind = Blown

โšก Static electricity is the same physics as lightning, just smaller.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where does the energy go?

What You'll Learn

You can build a tower with blocks, but if you push it, it falls because of gravity!

Key Words

  • wheel
  • ramp

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

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

Step 2 โ€” Do

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

Step 3 โ€” Observe

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

Step 4 โ€” Record

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

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do wheels help us do?

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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

โ€œShow me something at home that uses this kind of energy.โ€

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