Week 1 - Making a Race Exciting
Week 1 - Making a Race Exciting News/Introduction For our first week in our Physics unit, we are thinking about different things that children do while at the park. One such important thing we talked about is how the playground equipment has an important role in the overall design of the park. Some questions we developed as a class were: What makes the playground "fun?" What materials should we use when designing our playground? What other factors do we need to consider when we design a playground (safety, location, etc.)? How can we make this playground "fun?" During our discussion, we explored one thing that is commonly seen on the playground. Children love to race to places or things. As a result, our discussion led to us asking another key question: How can we make a race exciting? But what defines "exciting?" Our class came up with a big idea to make the race exciting. This race has to be close. You want to be on the edge of your seat for the...