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Lesson 45 of 84 ยท Light

Simulationโญ 30 XPโšก Spark Lab

Recording What We See (Part 3)

๐ŸงชLab Brief #45

Recording What We See (Part 3).

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.

โšก The twist

The opposite of what you expect is often what happens.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŽข You feel weightless on a roller coaster because you and the seat are falling at the same speed.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what happens if you double the force?

What You'll Learn

Comparing means looking at two or more things and finding what is the same and what is different.

Key Words

  • measure
  • compare
  • record

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Talk about what you already know about Light.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Design a container that keeps an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What should you do if your experiment doesn't work?

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

โ€œShow me something at home that uses this kind of energy.โ€

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Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

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