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Teach Engineering: Ball Bounce Experiment ActivityTeach Engineering: Ball Bounce Experiment Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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Lexile Measures
1050L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Ball Bounce Experiment

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Many of today's popular sports are based around the use of a ball, yet none are completely alike. In fact they are all designed with specific characteristics in mind. Students will investigate different balls' abilities to bounce and represent the data they collect graphically

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Concepts

engineering, stem

Additional Tags

ball bounce, ball characteristics, material properties, materials engineering concept, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, materials engineering concepts, science of sports

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Lesson Plan

Ball Bounce Experiment

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Lesson Plan

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Unit Plan

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Teach Engineering: Swinging With Style

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Activity

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