Week 4: Build Ramps and Pathways

Children participate in this read-aloud using motions, words, and song. They make connections to their own explorations of how objects can be made to move.

Children build a long marble run pathway within a given space. They test and revise their designs and use the Slow It Down Videos tool to take a video of a marble making a successful run.

Children create bowling games by erecting obstacles at the bottom of ramps and rolling marbles or balls down the ramps.

Children compare the effect of different textured surfaces as they slide and roll objects down the ramps.

Children design a sled track made of ramps and flat surfaces to move a “summer sled” through a town obstacle course.

Children explore textured bumpy grass, less bumpy dirt and smooth metal materials to try to move a coconut along a pathway onto the star.

Children go outside looking for ramps in their environment. Then they describe how the ramp makes a task easier for someone.

Each small group shows their giant marble run to the rest of the class. They describe how they created their pathway.

Children explore textured bumpy grass, less bumpy dirt and smooth metal materials to try to move a coconut along a pathway onto the star.