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The base of a four-wheeled robotic rover on metal ramps descending from a mock-up of a lunar lander, inside a room with floor depicting the lunar surface. A person sits at a laptop behind a desk in the background.

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Informal Education

Subject

Physical Science, Forces and Motion

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

In this activity, students create a ramp covered with different textures. The students then time the speed of a toy car descending the ramp.
Racing Against Friction [249KB PDF file]
This activity is part of Adventures in Rocket Science Educator Guide.