Force and Motion Science Unit

 We recently finished up our science unit on Force and Motion.  We started our unit by learning that a force is needed to make an object move, change speed, or change direction.  A force is a push or a pull motion.  We explored this concept through an interesting obstacle course.  The students had to push or pull a bowling ball with a broom through our course and keep it in the boundaries.  The students were paired up, and their goal was to have the fastest time.  They soon found out that it wasn't as easy as it looked!

Another concept we explored was friction.  We questioned whether the type of surface on each ramp would affect how quickly a small car would go down a ramp.  We measured this by how far the car traveled from the ramp.  In our investigation, the plain wood ramp had the leas amount of friction and the rubber material on another ramp provided the most amount of friction.