Lab Activity: Tablecloth Challenge

Focus Question:

How can a tablecloth be pulled off a set table without breaking anything?

Draw: Using technical writing tool visuals:

What you observed before & what you observed afterwards.

  • Draw your item placement.
  • Document what happens before and after pulling the tablecloth.
  • Explain why you thought that happened (see guiding questions).
  • Change just one variable at a time for each trial.
  • Complete 2 more trials.                                                                                                                                                                             Tablecloth Guiding Questions
    • Which objects moved more than others?
    • What characteristic about the object caused it to move?
    • Why did the objects fall in some cases?
    • Which objects stayed put?  
    • What characteristic about the object prevented movement?
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