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Explore Together (indoors): Build Ramps
Continue to explore ramp materials, build ramps, and move objects down the ramps. Children discuss and compare how objects move.
Explore Together (indoors): Build Steeper Ramps
Have children build and freely explore sending objects down ramps of different steepness.
Explore Together (indoors): Build Trackways
Have children work in pairs to build a trackway and observe how a marble moves down the track.
Explore Together (indoors): Building Tube Tracks
Have children build tube tracks and explore changing the tracks to make their ball move in different directions.
Explore Together (indoors): Rolling Around
Challenge children to build a tube trackway and send a marble down the entire length of the trackway. Encourage children to draw or write to record their observations.
Explore Together (indoors): Rolling on Different Surfaces
Explore how different floor surfaces affect how far a ball travels after leaving a ramp. Divide the group onto different surfaces to see on which the ball will go farthest.
Explore Together (indoors): Steeper and Steeper
Have children explore how the steepness of a ramp will affect how far a ball travels. Use two ramps with one being steeper than the other.
Explore Together (indoors): Vary the Obstacles
Children continue to explore ramps and objects that can be obstacles. Have children experiment with using different objects to use as obstacles.
Explore Together (indoors): Vary the Steepness
Have children figure out what they need to do to the steepness of a ramp to make a ball knock over an obstacle.