Hello everyone! Today's lesson in science was inquire based and dealt with force and motion. Vocabulary words we used today in our conversations were repel, attract, gravity force, motion, magnet, friction, non-contact forces and velocity. The kids were told that at the end of the time they had to race a car they created that could move without anything touching it. A table was set up with lots of different things available for them to use such as different kids of tape, string, cars, and all kinds of magnets. I gave them no other direction than that. After much trial and error we raced cars! The kids had a blast trying to figure out they needed to attach a magnet to the car and then "push" the magnet /car with another magnet. The trickiest part was figuring out the distance from which to hold the magnet to push it because you were disqualified if the magnets touched. I was so pleased to see some kids figure out the N-S , N-N, S-S pole connection!!
Next week we explore making roller coasters on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The kids are so excited and ready to create them!