Week 1: Move It!

Children build an understanding of the terms roll and slide as they play a circle game, sing a song, and predict how specific objects will move when pushed.

Children take turns placing a small object in a large box lid. The class predicts whether it will roll or slide when the box lid is tipped to become a ramp.

Children choose objects and predict whether they will roll or slide down a ramp. They record their choices on a chart and then compare the results.

Children make play dough shapes and send them down ramps. Which shapes roll? Which shapes slide?

Children try to make a coconut land on a star while exploring how the amount of force, the steepness of a ramp, and the surface texture of the pathway affect how far a coconut will roll.

Children build ramps and then send small toys or objects down the ramps.

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

Children choose objects and predict whether they will roll or slide down a ramp. They record their choices on a chart and then compare the results.

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