Understanding Forces and Motion - Activities

NC Standard:  4.06

Activity:  Creating a Scale Model

Question: How do scale models represent relative size?

Vocabulary: scale model, relative size

Materials:
chalk
parking lot
dimensions of a bobsled (or any object - Columbus's boats, a bus, etc.)
several meter sticks

Procedure:

• 1.  Students are given the dimensions of a 2 man and 4 man bobsled.
• 2.  In groups they draw to scale each sled with chalk in the parking lot.
• Students then draw the sleds in their Science notebook using the following scale: 1 cm. (mm if appropriate) = 1 meter

Observations:

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Conclusions:
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Line of Learning:  This line is drawn to provide students with a space to share their experimental learning in words or pictures.
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