We have been learning about Forces and Motion and the students really enjoyed our "Car Push" lab. Students set up a ramp and release a ball near the top so that it rolls down the ramp. They are able to feel the force (push) when the ball hits their hands. This procedure is repeated for the other two balls. It's easy to feel that the golf ball pushes harder on the hand than the table tennis ball. Students learned that there is a relationship between the strength of a push (force) acting on a toy car, the mass of the ball, and the motion of the car.
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