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Concept
Design/ Construction

Experienc e
Steeper and Steeper

Experience Description
Explore what happens to a rolling object when you increase the steepness of the ramp. Materials: large marbles, small balls or cardboard tubes; a number of identical ramps; wooden building blocks for propping up the ramps; craft sticks or other objects for making the distance the objects roll.

Science
Cognitive Development Science Inquiry and Application Make inferences, generalizations and explanations based on evidence

Math
Cognitive Development Math Measurement and Data Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes Measure length and volume (capacity) using nonstandard or standard measurement tools

LA.
Vocabulary: Introduce, use and reinforce words such as: incline, roll, steep, steeper, faster, slower, farther, predict, count, how far

Social Study

Developmental Skill
Social Language and Cognitive Language

Design/ Construction

Ramps All Around

Book Roll, Slope, and Slide by Michael Dahl. Notice ramps and slanted surfaces in the world around you. Materials: pieces of cardboard or foam core or wood; cardboard tubes, some split horizontally to form troughs; boxes or blocks to prop up ramps; drawing materials and clipboard

Cognitive Development Science Inquiry and Application Inquiry Make careful observations

Materials

Roll and Slide

Discover whether an object rolls, slides, or stays put. Materials: objects to send down the slide, including some that will roll and others that will slide. For example: a chalkboard, toilet paper roll, a square or rectangular building block.

Cognitive Development Science Inquiry and Application Inquiry Make Predictions Describe, compare, sort, classify, and order

Materials

Ramps with Different Surfaces

Explore how different floor surfaces affect how far a ball travels after leaving a ramp. Materials: two identical ramps or one very wide ramp, pairs of identical balls.

Cognitive Development Science Inquiry and Application Inquiry Make Inferences, generalizations and explanations based on evidence

Vocabulary: Introduce, use, and reinforce the words: ramp, inclined, plane, slanted, up and down Language and Literacy Development Reading Comprehension - With modeling and support, describe, categorize and compare and contrast information in informational text. Vocabulary: Introduce, use, and reinforce that words: roll, slide, predict, describe, test, sort, alike, similar, same Language and Literacy Development Listening and Speaking Expressive Language Use language to communicate in a variety of ways with others to share observations, ideas and experiences Vocabulary: Introduce, use and reinforce: surface, bumpy, smooth, farther, less far, bigger, smaller, heavier, lighter.

Discussion of ramps in the real world, in the community

Social Language, Cognitive, Physical

Social Language, Cognitive, Physical

Social Language, Cognitive, Physical