Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Explore the properties of a variety of balls.
• Generate questions and discuss the similarities and differences between the balls.
• Discuss and design an investigation to test which ball is the bounciest.
• Make predictions, test, and record results.
• Learn about what makes a material have bouncy properties.

Activities

1. Explore the properties of a variety of balls and predict which is the bounciest.
2. Consider that the materials from which the balls are made may have an effect on their bounciness.
3. Consider: what does 'bounciest' mean? Is it the ball that bounces the highest or for the longest time?
4. Discuss and design an investigation to test which ball is the bounciest.

Investigation - exploring, pattern seeking
Explore the properties of a variety of balls in the playground.
Discuss and design an investigation to test which ball is the bounciest.

Vocabulary
Shape, changed, twist/twisting, squash/squashing, bend/bending, stretch/stretching, material, properties