Winter Sledding STEM Challenge

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Description
Great activity for the winter holidays! In this activity, students design and build a sled to investigate motion, forces, and speed. Students follow the engineering design process to test and improve their sleds so that they slide faster down a ramp.
Includes:
- Fun scenario to introduce the challenge
- 2 levels of worksheets - one for elementary, one for middle school
- extension activities to investigate motion, speed, and friction using sleds
- vocabulary list of motion vocabulary
- teacher notes and supply list.
Great Wintertime Activity!
Introduce your students to the engineering design process.
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