Heavy or Light?

Lab Brief #7

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

Heavy things are harder to push than light things. Try pushing a book and a feather!

Key words · 1 of 2

push
To press against something to move it away from you.
heavy
Having a lot of weight and hard to lift.

Key words · 2 of 2

light
A kind of energy that travels in waves and lets us see.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

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

Step 1 of 4 · Read

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

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Push a toy car gently, then push it hard. Which push made it go farther?

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Question 1 of 3

Do heavy things or light things fall faster?

Question 2 of 3

What happens if you push harder?

Question 3 of 3

Can you push a toy car?

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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