HANGING TUBES!
November 19, 2012
The
implementation of the eighth inquiry involved children expanding on their
exploration of the big idea "Where did it go?" The children wanted to
study the motion of an object passing through another. In this activity the
children explored and investigated tubes hung from the ceiling. They first just
swung them around and enjoyed watching them twirl around. When they tried to
put a marble in the swinging tube they realized that it kept moving away. They
used one hand to grab the tube and hold it steady and place the marble inside
with the other. The children also noticed that some of the tubes were slanted
and picked them up to place marbles inside. They knew that the marble would not
stay inside of a tilted tube. Some of the children also put two tubes together
and rolled a marble through them. The children had to problem solve to get the
marbles out of the tubes. Some concepts the children learned during this
activity include the concept of motion, cause and efface, fine motor skills and
directionality.
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