Students use conservation of energy to determine the velocity of the marble at the end of the ramp. They then use that velocity and the height of the table to determine how far away the bucket should be placed. This is a good activity for your kid to prove his/her understanding of physics to you! Plus you can expand on it. Instead of a small ramp off a table, take the ramp to your roof! Or build a taller ramp, or build a larger ramp and use a bowling ball instead of a marble. The options are limitless. Just be careful to not fall off the roof or drop a bowling ball on someone!
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