Thinking Involves Doing!

Students utilize the opportunity of experimenting with materials during a unit on force and motion to test a hypothetical question.  Thinking does involve doing!  Students need opportunities to explore before they research and read information pertaining to force and motion.  Often times it is through the opportunity to manipulate the same materials that will be used in later, multiple experiments, that students will have a base knowledge to test other ideas, such as what types of surfaces will affect the amount of force the tested object (i.e., marbles, balls, toy cars, etc..) will have. 

Giving kids the chance to explore prior to the lesson gets them to thinking so that once they learn the answers, they will have made lasting connections.