oForce and Motion: Down You Go, Domino
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Vocabulary: Push, Gravity, Momentum, Curve, Straight, Spaced Apart, Forks, Angled
Materials: Dominos, Flat surface
Activity: Line up dominos and knock them down! Place dominos in straight lines or curves. Create forks. Space dominos tightly or loosely. Make curves sharp or loose. Build towers.
Measurement: Measure how much time it takes the dominos to fall. Measure the length of the domino path. Measure the angle between two dominos.
Resource: Dr. Brian Anderson
oBig Ideas from Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
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Properties of Matter: How do the dots on the dominos affect how they fall?
Force and Motion: How does the distance or angle between dominos affect whether dominos fall?
Earth Science: How do chain reactions happen in a snow avalanche or rock avalanche?
Characteristics of Organisms: How does the way a tree is cut down affect how it falls?
Tools and Measurement: How does spacing affect how fast dominos fall?
oAdditional Photos
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One Path or Many Paths
Before and After
Forces Acting on Dominos (video)
Dominos Push a Balloon
Dominos Knock Down a Can
