This racing reindeer exercise works effectively exterior and indoors you probably have sufficient area. It’s nice for studying in regards to the impact of gradient on pace and friction.
You’ll want
String or skinny rope
Two rest room roll tubes
Pens, tape and paper to brighten
Directions
- Reduce two lengths of string or skinny rope lengthy sufficient to create a protracted zipline.
- Adorn every rest room roll tube to appear to be a reindeer.
- Thread every string by means of a rest room roll reindeer.
- Tie the string or rope between two factors, one larger than the opposite.
- Create a steeper gradient with one string than the opposite.
- Maintain each reindeer rest room rolls on the high of the string and let go concurrently.
- Time how lengthy every reindeer takes to journey down the zipline.
- Experiment with several types of string or rope or by altering the incline of the zip line.
Experiment Variables
Sort of zip wire
The incline of the zip wire
Weight of reindeer
To check one variable, all different variables should stay the identical. When you change the incline, maintain the kind of zip wire and reindeer the identical.
Racing Reindeer Extension Concepts
- Construct two zip strains and have a race!
- Add bubble wrap to the within of the bathroom roll to search out out if growing the friction between the bathroom roll and the string slows the reindeer down.
Final Up to date on January 2, 2024 by Emma Vanstone
