Concepts of Balls and Ramps
Teachers want to keep these ideas in mind throughout the unit to help guide instruction and to emphasize with learners.
- Balls have different physical properties and characteristics
- There is a relationship between the physical properties of balls and their motion.
- There is a relationship between the physical properties of balls and their behavior on inclined planes.
- There is a relationship between the steepness of an inclined plane and the motion of balls.
Inquiry Skills
Inquiry skills are those skills students use to make sense of their science investigations. They tell what the students will actually be doing in science. The Inquiry Skills for Balls & Ramps are:
Explore
Observe
Design
Construct Investigations
Construct relationships and conclusions
Communicate
Apply and connect
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