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Manipulate The Whirligig

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The teacher will then ask the students to manipulate their whirligig how they would like and see how it moves when dropped. The teacher will also add in that their whirligig will need to have a paper clip on it. Students will then be given time to manipulate and examine their whirligig. The class will then come back together. The teacher will then ask the students to lift up the tray on their table and each take a thinking log sheet. The teacher will emphasize that it is important that the students fill out the thinking log as they go because the information will be needed later on in the experiment. The teacher will ask, “What did you notice about how your whirligig moved? Would anyone like to show the class how their whirligig moves and …show more content…

As this is happening the teacher will write on the board what the students discovered. The students will also fill out this information on their thinking log on the first page. This list might include the following. it moves like a helicopter, I lightly creased the wings, I creased the wings all the way, I held the whirligig straight up and down and then drop it, etc. For the students who could not get the whirligig to move in a helicopter like motion; the teacher can show them how to fold it using the information in the directions section. The teacher will then ask the students, “Do you think you could manipulate your whirligig so, it will spin the opposite direction?” The students will then be given time to see if they can get their whirligig to change directions. After this the class will come back together. The teacher will ask, “Would anyone like to share what they did or saw?” The students will share their ideas and teacher will write them on the board. The students will also fill out this information on their thinking log. This list might include the following. Flipping the wings the opposite way, throwing the whirligig differently,

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