It was unanimous! If we were going to figure out more about collisions, each 6th grade class agreed that we needed to do more collisions to see what would happen. Since it was after spring break, Mrs. Brinza had an opportunity to gather lots of random items based on student interest. Here are some pictures of various tests that students did!
We dropped tennis balls, bricks, and books on things like marbles, sugar glass, and golf balls! After sharing out what happened in each of the various investigations, we realized there were so many variables we tested that we couldn't really come to any conclusions. Next steps--design some controlled investigations!
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