Students work in small groups to design, build, and test a speedboat powered by a hand-made propeller that pushes air. The boats are raced in a 20-foot length of eavestrough filled with water. A set of guided-inquiry worksheets has the students apply key physics concepts and equations to design their boat before building. Time is provided to test and modify their choices.
Categories: Lab/Student Activity
We are learning to compare natural and human forces on structures of different materials for a sophisticated understanding of the concept of force acting internally and externally on structures... read more
Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Meshell Alexa, Don Galbraith Award Winner 2019-20, Tyndale University College In this lesson, the kindergarten students will be reading the story Magnetic Max, written by Monica Lozano... read more
Categories: Lab/Student Activity
This activity introduces students to the concept of building a galvanic cell and generating a cell potential (or voltage) from a battery of galvanic cells connected in series. The galvanic cell used... read more