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ERIC Number: EJ533085
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0891-4508
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Teaching Science. The Soup-Can Olympics.
Leyden, Michael
Teaching Pre K-8, v27 n3 p22-23 Nov-Dec 1996
Presents classroom science activities to illustrate concepts of inertia, linear momentum, and friction. Students or teachers conduct races down a slope, using cans containing soups varying in mass, mass distribution, and viscosity. Students predict outcomes, compare speeds, and identify variables affecting the results. (KDFB)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Demonstrations (Science), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Gravity (Physics), Hands on Science, Learning Activities, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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