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Pennsbury School District, Quarry Hill Elementary School Carol Bress's kindergarten students have been exploring balls and ramps, and Carol kindly invited us into her classroom to observe what she and her students have been up to. On this day, the students are investigating balls and their bouncing properties.
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Carol invites students to share the results of their
homework, in which they found items in their homes
that bounce when dropped.
As good ideas are shared, Carol and her students make
a list of things that bounce. |
Here's a close-up of the final list. There are a lot
of creative ideas!
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Carol introduces that day's investigation. Using a
meter stick and one of two kinds of balls—either
a tennis ball or a bouncy ball—the students will
release the balls from a fixed height (at the top of
the meter stick). They'll count the number of times
that the balls bounce on two different
surfaces—the smooth tile floor and the carpet.
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Carol demonstrates on the board how the students
should record the type of ball they have to work with
on their data sheets.
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The students arrange themselves in a circle on the
floor to receive the instructions on how to work in
their pair groups and record their data.
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A job well done!
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