Rapid Ramps
Energy and Change- Grade:
- 4
- Teacher:
- Kirsten DiMatteo
Our multi-age special education students wanted to learn more about how they could make their toy cars go faster down a ramp. They explored different ways to build ramps of different heights to explore velocity. Students investigated different heights and then learned how to research their findings to explain why their project worked.
Very clear question about ramps and car speed, and it connects nicely to something that is done during play time with wheel toys. The explanations about ramps, gravity, and why taller ramps are faster showed that each of you learned real science ideas from your project—great work!
I appreciate how you patiently conducted the experiment with seven books. This demonstrates consistency. Great job!
Well-done team! You did a great job with gathering data and comparing results.