Lesson 69 of 84 · Forces

Simulation⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark Lab

Balancing Act! (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #69

Balancing Act! (Part 3).

🎯 Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

⚡ 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

Gravity keeps your feet on the ground. Without gravity, you would float!

Key Words

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Steps

Step 1 — Read

Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Forces.

Step 2 — Do

Use a magnet to find things in the room that stick to it.

Step 3 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Can you push a toy car?

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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