We started out our lesson about inclined planes by K. picking up a VERY heavy book and placing it on a box (about a foot off the floor). Then we took a shelf and used it for an inclined plane from the floor to the top of the box. K. slid the book up the inclined plane and found it much easier.
Then we looked around the house for other inclined planes: stairs, toys (dump truck, car ramp). Then we went on-line (Googled "inclined plane pictures") to look for more examples of inclined planes. While we were looking at those I remembered a game at pbskids.org - Curious George - Feed Gnocchi. This games lets you tilt ramps (inclined planes) to make a meatball fall onto the plate of spaghetti.
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