Highlights of the Week

It was a short week with a blizzard and a delayed start and I didn't snap many photos.  More next week.

We built some more background knowledge about force and motion by participating in a Mystery Science Exploration.  In this picture we are practicing the motion of digging a hole and lifting the dirt out and throwing it.  We used lots of "work" words that describe force and motion.

On Friday we practiced the steps of the Scientific Process.  Our question was "Will the car go farther off the ramp when tin foil, a napkin OR wax paper is at the bottom of the ramp?"

Our hypothesis was that the wax paper would have the best results.  It turned out to not be true!  The young scientists concluded that the stickiness of the wax paper slowed the car down a bit.

We thought the napkin would get the least distance and we were correct.  The tin foil got us the greatest distance.

Students used this format to record their steps in the scientific process.  This is good prep for writing our first full lab report next week when we compare how far cars go off ramps on different floor surfaces.