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 * Physical Science SAIL Cycle - Group Awesome **

To view the Lesson Plan for gravity, click the link below! [|Gravity Lesson]

Hello class! Welcome to our class Wiki on GRAVITY!


 * POE (Predict, Observe, Explain)**

Your first mission is to watch the following video clip by our favorite wacky scientist Bill Nye! In the video clip, Bill is throwing different objects off of the top of a building (Something we would all like to do, but do NOT try this at home). What I would like you to do is watch the video clip and the place a prediction about which of the objects Bill throws off the building would hit first if we dropped all the objects at the SAME time. Along with your prediction, you MUST provide an explanation for your thinking! Enjoy and I will see you in class tomorrow.

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 * **Student Name** || **Prediction and Explanation** ||
 * Joe Snuffy || I believe that the computer will hit first because it is the heaviest. The hevier the object is, the faster it will fall. ||
 * Jane Doe || I think that the watermellon will hit first because it will have the least air resistance. The less the air pushes on it the quicker it will fall. ||

Self Assessment and Evaluation

It has been a great week of dropping all kinds of different objects in class! It is time to see what you have learned about gravity and its affects on objects. Below is a video of an experiment conducted on the moon. The astronaut is dropping a feather and a hammer at the same time. I would like you to watch the video and write down an explanation for what has occured. After you have done this, I would like you to post a voicethread of your explanation by following the link below the video. You will find a wordle there of all the words that MUST be in your explanation. Have fun! media type="youtube" key="aCTHVhCQSQs" height="385" width="480"

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 * Below is the link to the voicethread site. Once there, post your response to the thread by using a VOICE comment!**

**Explanation Analysis** Below is the voicethread that our class is creating. As someone posts a comment on the voicethread, it will then appear below. Use the assessment criteria checklist to evaluate 3 other scientific explanations. Listen to as many threads as you can and feel free to show them to your parents. They will be impressed with your knowledge about gravity!

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