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Learning Resources Tumble
Trax
Magnetic Marble Run
gravityForcemotion
Type here
STEM: Marble Run
Teacher
Questions- (5 minutes)What happens when an object is dropped? What happens when wind blows in the same direction as an object that is moving? What happens when wind blows in the opposite direction of what an object is moving? What happens when you place an object on a hill and let go? What happens when you push on that same object?
Provide a specific list of materials to use. Show students ways to use the materials to build a roller coaster. Demonstrate a design or two.
Designing a Marble RacetrackChallenge: to design and build roller-coaster runs for marbles, using the materials that are available. 1. Explain that today you are going to be creating racecourses for marbles. 2. Divide your class into 6 groups. Give each group the Marble run kit. 3. Students will build their marble run on the whiteboard.
Add the speed of the marble to the criteria. Have students use stopwatches to time the marble's run in seconds, and then divide the distance of the track by the time to find the marble's speed in inches per second.
Design and carry out simple cooperative investigations that apply learning from past experiences and support new discoveries. Discuss the findings of investigations.
Procedure
ISTE 1d, 2d, 3c, 3d