Lesson 63 of 84 ยท Push and Pull
Lessonโญ 30 XPLet's Build a Ramp! (Part 3)
Push and Pull.
๐ฏ Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
โก The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
๐ฌ The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
A ball rolls down a ramp because gravity pulls it. Gravity pulls everything down!
Key Words
- pull
- fast
- slow
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Roll a ball down a ramp. Try making the ramp steeper. What happens?
Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?
Color a picture to show what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which goes faster down a ramp: a ball or a block?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week โ even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
โWhat's the most surprising thing you learned today?โ
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