Droehm Team:
Learning Is a Journey
Quest 6: All New Tons of Fun Labs
A Practice Performance Summative
Q6P1: The Balancing Popsicle
Google Classroom: Q6P1: All New Tons of Fun Lab Doc
Checkins: Each lab station is listed as a separate post. The lab questions are different "tabs" in your lab document. You can do the labs in any order you want. You just much check in for a signature after EVERY lab station.
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Directions/Procedure
Using only the materials pictured, balance the popsicle stick vertically on the wooden skewer. You must attempt for 5 full minutes. If you get stuck after that amount of time, you may ask your teacher for a hint.
Important Tips:
*The clips at the station are wood, not blue.
**The popsicle stick must stand up VERTICALLY
***Put all the materials back in your back before
leaving the station
Can you make the popsicle balance like the
picture?
Q6P2: Gaussian Guns
Google Classroom: Open Q6P1: All New Tons of Fun Lab Doc
Checkins: Each lab station is listed as a separate post. The lab questions are different "tabs" in your lab document. You can do the labs in any order you want. You just much check in for a signature after EVERY lab station.
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Directions/Procedure
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Get a Gaussian Gun and go in the hallway.
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Place two steel spheres on the side of each magnet that points to the open end of the Gaussian Gun like the picture below.
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Hold the Gaussian Gun underneath so that your fingers are not in the way of the steel spheres.
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Point the open end away from you.
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Roll one steel sphere down the closed end of the Gaussian Gun (the opposite end of the spheres you put on the magnets).
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The last sphere will launch down the hallway. You MUST go find it! If you think you lost it, ask your teacher for help.
If you are absent, you can watch the video of the lab below:
Q6P3: Matchbook Rockets
Google Classroom: Open Q6P1: All New Tons of Fun Lab Doc
Checkins: Each lab station is listed as a separate post. The lab questions are different "tabs" in your lab document. You can do the labs in any order you want. You just much check in for a signature after EVERY lab station.
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Directions/Procedure
1. Go to the lab station, ask Mrs. Roehm to give you the directions and complete the lab.
2. The video below gives you tips on how to create a Matchbook Rocket. If you prefer to look at the slide deck instead of the video, click the link for the Matchbook Rocket Tips Slide Deck! You really should look at this slide deck with the tips!
If you are absent, you can watch the video of the lab below:
Q6P4: Gravity Text and Video
Google Classroom: Open Q6P1: All New Tons of Fun Lab Doc
Checkins: Each lab station is listed as a separate post. The lab questions are different "tabs" in your lab document. You can do the labs in any order you want. You just much check in for a signature after EVERY lab station.
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Directions/Procedure
1. Watch the video below.
Below is a transcript of what was said in the video. You will use this as your text as you answer the lab questions.
Gravity in a Minute
A gravitational force is a non-contact force. It acts at a distance and it is an attraction or pull between any two objects with mass. The greater the mass of an object the greater its force of gravity. The magnitude of gravity is also affected by distance. The further objects are apart the weaker the force of gravity between them. So, the closer objects are to each other the stronger their gravitational pull. The Sun's gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit around it. Earth's gravity is what keeps you on its surface and what makes things fall to the ground.
Answer your lab questions.
Q6P5: Jenga Towers
Google Classroom: Open Q6P1: All New Tons of Fun Lab Doc
Checkins: Each lab station is listed as a separate post. The lab questions are different "tabs" in your lab document. You can do the labs in any order you want. You just much check in for a signature after EVERY lab station.
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Directions/Procedure
1. Hanging around the room are different sizes of wooden balls and Jenga blocks. You will have to go to different stations throughout this lab. You can't just stay at the same station the whole time.
2. Determine a way to run an experiment to test how mass affects acceleration. (Think about independent, dependent, and constant variables!)
3. Run your experiment.
4. Now, determine a way to run an experiment to test how force affects acceleration. (Think about independent, dependent, and constant variables!)
5. Run your experiment.
6. Answer your lab questions.
