Cynthia Lipsig shares how she used the Retractor Car to encourage her students to hypothesize and test theories about motion, momentum, and friction. How will the car perform over various surface types? How might the speed or distance be impacted if the car has to travel up an incline? How would increasing the mass on the car impact the speed or distance the car travels? How could the design be adjusted to make the car go further or faster? Read all about how these questions took the class all around their school to open dialogue, encourage thinking, and have fun!
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:45:01 +0000
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