Down It Falls!

Lab Brief #17

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Constraints make you more creative, not less.

What you'll learn

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

Key words

push
To press against something to move it away from you.
fall
To drop down toward the ground because of gravity.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you test: how many tries until it works?

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

Get ready

🧰 What you need

blocks

⚠️ Safety first

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

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

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Build a tower with blocks. How tall can you make it before it falls?

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Question 1 of 3

Do heavy things or light things fall faster?

Question 2 of 3

What happens when you drop a ball?

Question 3 of 3

What happens if you push harder?

Mind = blown

🛠️ The first computer bug was a literal moth stuck inside a machine in 1947.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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🌍 Where you see this in real life: Your phone, your bike, your shoes — all designed with this idea.

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