Exploring Force and Motion Grade 2

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Exploring Force and MotionGrade 2
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What are the different ways a ball can move?

• Will the ball roll farther on the rug or the
  floor?
• Why do you think this?

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• Will the ball roll faster on the ramp or on the
  ground?
• Why do you think this?

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Are you in motion right now?
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• Are your eyes moving as you read this page?
• Is your heart beating?
• Is blood rushing through your body?

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Is the earth in motion?
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What is motion?
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Thinking About Motion
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Sometimes objects are balanced.
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These objects are balanced.

• What would happen if you took one block away?

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• Design a tower using blocks.
• Make it as TALL as you can.
• What did you do to balance your tower so that it
  would not fall?

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• Do you think it would be easier to balance a
  short tower or a tall tower? Why?

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• What do you think will happen to this tree?
• Why do you think this?

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Design a way to keep the tree from falling.
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• Can you balance a ball on your finger tip.
• Can you balance a book on your finger tip?
• Which one is easier? Why?

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Objects can move in many different ways.

• Some objects move very fast.

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• Some move very slow.

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• Some objects move in a straight line.
• Some objects move round and round.

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Now you can be a scientist!

• A scientist starts with a question that he or she
  wants to answer.
• Which ball is the best bouncer?

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More Questions???

• Does the material an object is made from affect
  the way it is moved when it is dropped?

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• Does the shape of an object affect the way it
  moves when it is dropped?
• Can you make a careful guess about the answer?

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Force(Push and Pull)

• Drop a crumpled paper ball and flat sheet of
  paper together. Which will fall to the ground
  first?
• What is your hypothesis?

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Lets Investigate!

• How can we make an object move faster?
• How can we make an object move slower?

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Why do the wheels help the car move?

• Look at the place where the wheel touches the
  ground.
• Only a small part of the whole wheel actually
  touches the ground.The 6 Simple Machines

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Bibliography

• www.speedski.com
• www.planetaryvisions.com
• www.skateboardrampsandrails.net
• www.gamethat.com
• www.duanekeiser.com
• www.bonus.com

• www.edukacija.com
• www.edukacija.com
• www.seenobjects.org
• www.lcc.ca
• www.flickr.com
• http//www.push.nu/stefan2.jpg
• www.floorfacts.com
• www.texasbeyondhistory.net

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Bibliography www.speedski.com www.planetaryvision
s.com www.skateboardrampsandrails.net www.gamethat
.com www.duanekeiser.com www.bonus.com www.edukaci
ja.com www.edukacija.com www.seenobjects.org www.l
cc.ca www.flickr.com http//www.push.nu/stefan2.jp
g www.floorfacts.com www.texasbeyondhistory.net