How Far will a Marble Push a Paper Robot?
In order to experiment with forces we first learned about Newtons three laws of motion and experimented with explore learning gizmos fan carts. This gave us the background knowledge we needed in order to conduct a class experiment. We used this experiment as a way to learn about Google docs as well. We now have 10 Google Chromebooks in our classroom and this was the perfect way to learn about documents, spreadsheets, and forms.
The Process
To begin with we learned about the experimental process and how to take a Google doc that was shared and save a copy in my drive. This lets each lab group have their own copy of a sheet to record information, without everyone typing on the same sheet.
Next we conducted the experiment, wrote down data, and created a graph of our data the old fashioned way - with paper and pencil. Sometimes Mrs. Bonhamgregory can be so old school.
Then we were introduced to Google Spreadsheets. Mrs. Bonhamgregory shared a spreed sheet that the whole class could edit. We imputed our data and then learned how to create a chart that displayed our data. This was a bit challenging and not all lab groups choose the most appropriate chart. Which charts do you think are the best to display the information.
Our Data
Please Click on the tabs to see each groups individual data
Reflection Questions
Lastly we answered reflection questions using a Google Form. This will allow Mrs. Bonhamgregory to see everyone's answer without looking through 15 Lab papers. Maybe Mrs. Bonhamgregory isn't so old school after all.
Presentations
We created much of this presentation as a class because we all conducted the same experiment and then Mrs. Bonhamgregory shared the presentation with us. We then saved a copy and added our group data and graph as well as answered the reflection questions.