Ann Arbor Hands On Museum

Today we had an "in school" field trip from the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum. It was to kick start our study of force and motion. The children used hover crafts to explore hard and soft pushes, how an object can impact the force in which another object hits it, and how push and pull are both forces affecting motion of an object. 

Then we used giant rubber bands and predicted what would happen. 

We also observed what would happen if one ran into the other. We noticed that size made a difference in how it moved. We learned about path of motion. Then we learned about how surface friction affects motion. We pushed the large hovercraft on carpet and measured how far it went. Then we went in the hall and watched how far it could go on a smooth surface. 

We had a great time learning about force and motion!