Engineering an Energetic Roller Coaster Part 3
by Aimee Katz
This is part three of a four part unit. In this lesson students will be curious and play with a Comeback Can and a Tik-Tiki. Students will also develop explanations about how both devices work using energy transformations to explain the phenomena.
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6th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
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