Students should gain an understanding of the nature of air friction or drag forces, and what it means for a falling object to have a terminal velocity.

Learn about algorithms and detailed instructions/problem solving by simulating how a robot or computer program works.

Using dirt or sand, students slowly build conical piles until there is avalanching. Investigate properties and patterns of avalanches, as well as how steep it needs to be to get avalanching started

Investigate the reason why objects and systems of objects stay upright compared to those that tip over, has to do with center of mass & torque

Have students actively learn the difference between distance and displacement

Have students determine the max static friction force using hills, and learn/use force components because of the hill

Have students determine the coefficients of static and coefficient friction between wood and various materials

Models a method for developing lab ideas and research questions, by looking for complexity in everyday phenomena

A brief hands-on lesson for students to observe objects at rest staying at rest

A design and build lesson for students to build and calibrate a rubber band (spring) scale, using their own unit of measure standard

Students figure out Ohm's law through experimentation and data analysis

Students have dozens of possible airplane designs to try and build, and then can hold a competition of which does best - then discuss which parameter(s) are most important from the results

Students figure out properties of a pendulum through experientation and data analysis

A design and build lesson for students to build a projectile launcher using rubber bands. See connection between distance traveled and the stretch distance of the rubber band.

Choosing a small object to represent the Sun, students will use that object as a scale to determine how far away in relative distance to put the planets, including earth (need to do this outdoors!)

Simple harmonic motion - oscillating rubber bands & pendulum

Students figure out what period of an oscillating spring/rubber band depends on through experimentation and data analysis

Students design and build a rubber band instrument to figure out basic features of waves and sound production

Students predict and then measure which liquids have highest and lowest surface tensions, using number of drops needed to fill an area on a table

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