I am still home sick, so expect a few more in-class blog assignments over the next few days. You can visit all these sites at home, as well. We will be starting our Civil War simulation and continuing our discussions of a variety of marching songs when I return next Monday. Teaching Academy projects are still due Monday, May 13 - bring in a copy on Thursday to conference with a partner.
Today's blog assignment is below:
Below are links to several cool interactive games and simulations related to our studies of forces and motion. Try them out, then leave a comment describing a connection you can make between one of these activities and our investigations with our Kinex cars. Be sure you read your classmates' comments so that your comments are new ideas.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/forcesinaction.html
http://www.edheads.org/activities/crash_scene/
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/gravity.html
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/parkworldplotlink.htm
This is a nice review of force & motion concepts related to a rocket launch from NASA:
The first one you added weight to the car to make it move like we add washers to the falling weight system to make our cars move
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was the spaceship game because you to have the coordination.
ReplyDeleteMY FAVORITE WAS THE SPACESHIP GAME BECAUSE IT WAS VERY REALISTIC BECAUSE IT ROTATED AROUND THE PLANT
ReplyDeleteon the rocket one you had to control your thrust just like in the cars speed
ReplyDeletehi this is really abby not posey
ReplyDeletewhen we role our cars on the ground the wheels are rubing against the ground so it is friction so it is just like the engerneeinginteract game where they teach us about friction.
on the gravity game your had to controll thrust and direction
ReplyDeleteOn the gravity game you had to account for the gravity of the moon and earth.
ReplyDeleteOn the truck game you had to add the right amount of weight for it to move a different distance. You also had to change the slope of the road and that changed the force of the car.
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