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Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Ramp It Up

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Ramp it up

Learning targets:I can explain what happens when a force is applied to an object. I can categorize forces.I can name a force that is influencing an objects motion on a ramp.I can explain how the weight of an object influences an objects motion on a ramp.

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Simon Says

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Motion Challenge

You will have two minutes to use the provided materials to see how many ways you can make the car move from one side of the desk to the other.Do not use your hands to make the object move! (You may use your hands to place the object.)Person to person.Think about which direction the car went.

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

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Two Minute Timer

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What forces caused the car to move?

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

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Ramp It Up

Teacher Demo car on a ramp experiment

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Design an experiment

What force is causing my car to move down the ramp?*What parts of my experiment could I change to determine what properties influence the motion of an object moving down a ramp?

Which of these ideas will help us with the last learning target?

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Design an experiment

Question to investigate:When a matchbox car is traveling on a ramp, how will increasing the weight of a matchbox car change the distance the car travels?

Make a hypothesis

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Design an experiment

Experimental DesignIn a well designed experiments, how many things can we change?What parts of the experiment should we keep the same?

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Design an experiment

Do experimentEnter data in Microsoft ExcelCreate a graph

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Design an experiment

RERUNRecall: Summarize what you did in the lab.

Explain: Explain the purpose of the lab.

Results: Describe the results of the lab and what they mean.

Uncertainties: Describe what you are still unsure about.

New: Name two new things that you learned from this lab.

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Further Investigation

Try it again testing other ideas suggested by students.Put it all together in a challenge.

Make the car go 1 meter.Use what they learned in all experiments.Make adjustments.Average five tries.Closest to 1 meter wins.

LEADERS is a partnership of the The University of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, Toledo Catholic Schools, and Monroe County Schools.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant # 0927996

Lessons from experience

Use a track so the car moves in a straight path.Extra set of hands or station activity.Expect lots of human error.Test speed by using stopwatchRemind students we are measuring distance.Make sure students are not pushing car.Make sure ramp is taped to the top book.Use new cars.Discuss how to take turns.