Continuing to learn about force and motion, Kindergartners have discovered that the greater the height of their ramp, the farther their cars go!  

Today they were introduced to the "Crash Box," a box filled with some sort of object in it, like a blown up balloon, a bunch of bolts, or some yarn scraps.  One box is also just filled with air (although some students claim it's empty). Letting their cars go down their ramps, they made observations about what happened to the crash boxes. 

 Some crash boxes went farther than others.  Kindergartners continue to ask "Why?!?!"  

Now that they're experts at identifying types of motion, Kindergartners are learning more about force and motion with the use of cars and ramps.  They're spending time making observations between various cars and ramps to see what happens when they change the height of the ramp, the type of ramp, and the type of car used.  Way to go Kindergarten!

With a greater understanding of how technologies can move, Kindergartners are putting their knowledge to the test!  

Over winter break, Mrs. Brinza's friend Sally called her.  Sally was bored and asked Mrs. Brinza for a favor from her Kindergarten engineers.  Because engineers design for both needs and wants, Mrs. Brinza said, "Of course!"

Kindergartners' next design project is building a playground from everyday materials.  One requirement is that part of their playground moves, while another part remains stationary.  Kindergartners are testing their playground equipment as they design it to make sure that it works. They are thinking about the properties of different materials and how they could be useful in their designs.  Hats off to Kindergarten!