Golf Ball Painting
Fri, Oct 11, 2013
Materials: Tray (baking sheet, big canvas, kiddie pool), Paper taped onto the tray, Paint (liquid watercolor, tempera or poster paint), Balls (marbles, golf balls, ping pong balls, canteloupe)
Activity: Tape paper onto the tray. Dip balls in paint. Place paint balls on tray of paper. Tip the tray and watch the balls roll around and leave a paint trail!
Research Questions: How does the position of the tray affect where the balls go? How do the positions of the balls affect where they go?
Resources:
Painting by Blowing Golf Balls with Straws
'The Happy Man and his Dump Truck'. How does the position of the dump truck affect where the animals roll? How do the poisition of the animals in the dump truck bed, affect where the animals roll?
Tags: Force and Motion Color 2013