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Start your engines and get ready to take off in this issue focused on physical forces and gravity-powered race cars. Learn why race car drivers intentionally “burn out” before starting a race and learn what’s so hot about friction. Discover what tires moving over a racetrack have in common with a scrape on your knee! Learn scientific cause and effect while reviewing the interaction between motion and friction. Develop a hypothesis before checking answers, and you’ll build scientific mental muscle! Ready for the checkered flag to drop?
In this issue students will:
- Read expository physical science text about friction
- Understand cause and effect in everyday science
- Conduct simple experiments
- Use the newspaper to illustrate multiple meanings
- Race to calculate sums
- Locate science in the news
- Write creatively about your dream car of the future
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