Balancing Shapes
Spinners, Zoomers, and Twirly Birds
Things that Roll
Mystery Science
100
What was the first shape we tried to balance on our fingers?
Crayfish
100
What force did we use when we were trying to get our spinners move?
Push
100
What did we use as a wheel during our rolling experiments?
A disk
100
What category in our jeopardy game did Mr. S use a football and basketball?
Spinners
200
When we were trying to balance our shapes and objects on our fingers or popsicle sticks, what were the clothespins used for?
Counterweights
200
What force did we use when we were trying to get our zoomers work?
Pull
200
What did we make when we attached the two disks to the straw?
A wheel and axle system
200
When Mr. S was using his golf club and golf ball, what force is Mr. S using to bounce the golf ball?
Push
300
What is the point where something is the most stable?
Balance Point
300
What force did we use when we were trying to get our twirly birds to work?
Gravity (Pull)
300
How can a wheel and axle system be changed?
Changing the sizes of the wheels.
300
What is the name of the force that pulls things to the ground?
Gravity
400
Where do the counterweights need to be for something to be balanced?
Below the balance point
400
How are spinners and zoomers the same?
They both spin.
400
How did you get your cups to roll straight off the ramp?
Taped the two cups together at the bottom of the cups.
400
What materials did we use during our pencil trick?
Pencil, clothespins, and metal wire
500
How many shapes and objects did we try to balance during our experiments?
Crayfish, triangle, arch, and pencil (4 is the answer)
500
What made our twirly birds spin faster?
Weight (Paperclip)
500
What happened when we added weights (pennies) to the inside edges of our cups?
The cups did not roll.
500
What do trees drop from their branches that are just like twirly birds?
Seeds (Helicopter seeds)
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