Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Measuring Motion - Marble Ramps

Our first experience this year in measuring and collecting data came in the form of rolling marbles.

The Ohio State Science Standards talk extensively about Scientific Literacy.  From these standards, students should improve on inquiry and application. We are beginning to work on many of these skills through hands-on activities.

From the ODE website:


In addition to these Science Literacy skills, we are more specifically targeting the Matter and Motion objectives:


  • I can defend how motion is affected by speed and direction.
  • I can graph an object’s position and speed as a function of time.

Learners worked through a lab in which they controlled variables, gathered data and calculated averages in order to predict how speed changes with increased ramp height. The lab itself can be seen at: http://tinyurl.com/h8blbmy


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