Studnets will "build" a car to measure speed with and without mass.
Students will go on a scavenger hunt around the garden demonstrating and recording ways that different objects can move.
Students will observe various aspects of the outdoor classroom to experience the way birds, insects, and objects interact with gravity.
Compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object and determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Driving Question: Can I as “Science Investigator”, engineer and design,
a way to move an object without using my hands or feet?
This resource is for a Kindergarten classroom for an exploration of force and motion. There is an introduction to pushes and pulls, a game, a journal prompt, and four labs.
A complete introduction to scientific investigation and the scope of physical science. Includes: states of matter, atoms, periodic table, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, carbon chemistry, chemistry of solutions, nuclear chemistry, motion, forces, Newton's Laws of Motion, work and machines, energy, waves, sound, electromagnetic radiation, visible light, electricity, and magnetism.
On four separate missions, astronauts who flew on Space Shuttle Discovery conducted multiple science experiments demonstrating how different toys and sports activities perform in orbit.