Students attended the Extended School Services at Coventry Oak Elementary this week learned through play with BricQ Motion Essential's Gravity Car Derby! They read the anchor text Gravity to get started, then built their ramps and soap box cars in groups of 2. After making predictions and testing with no wheels, students tested several different wheels and weight for best distance. They focused on forces of inertia and gravity affecting their cars.

Ms. Vanhoose's Gifted and Talented students have recently been working on developing budgets for the 2032 Olympic Games! And with the 2022 Winter Olympics in full swing, there is no better time for some Bobsled Science! The lesson can be found here: Bobsled

Materials needed: measuring tapes or yardsticks

Students worked in pairs during their 55-minute period to build their bobsled, lift and track and complete test runs on different surfaces for the longest distance. Check out the Engineering Design Process journal they used. Ms. Vanhoose's suggestion for this lesson is to spread it over two class periods. Adjustments were made to save time by having students skip the lift build, and also divide the build into two parts - tower and track - and then coming together for the rest of the build.