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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): Indoor Ramp Rolling
Allow children to freely explore ramps materials and building ramps. Encourage them to record their observations.
Explore Together (indoors): Move Along
Discuss how things with and without wheels move down ramps. Have children work in groups to construct ramps.
Explore Together (indoors): Ramp Obstacles
Have children place obstacles in the pathway of rolling objects and explore what happens when the objects hit the obstacles as they are moving down a ramp.
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.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 1, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 1, #2
Ask children to find a ramp on the way home or at home and describe it.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 1, #3
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 2, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 2, #2
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 3, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 3, #2
Send a folded ramp home with children and have them discuss with a family member what they learned about ramps.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 4, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 5, Week 4, #2
Remind children to share with their families what they observed about obstacles today.