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by BlastRoom
Students identify criteria and constraints, compare solutions, and use fair tests to improve designs.
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20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
A class must build a foil boat that holds ten coins, using only one sheet of foil. Which part of this task is the criterion?
A team must design a cup holder that keeps a cup from tipping, and they may spend no more than two dollars. The two-dollar limit is a constraint.
A bridge must hold ten books and cost under five dollars. The cost limit is a ___.
A class needs a shelter that keeps a toy dry in a rain test, using only paper and tape. Team A's shelter has a flat top, and Team B's has a sloped top. Which is better?
Two students built shelters that must keep a toy dry, using only paper and tape. What is the best way to compare the two shelters?
A class tests which paper bridge holds more coins, using only paper and tape. What must stay the same to make the test fair?
A team builds a small paper model of their bridge and tests it with coins before building the full bridge. The small model is a prototype.
A student's paper bridge collapsed in the middle. What should she do next?
Two teams build paper bridges that must hold ten coins, using only one sheet of paper each. Which question compares the two bridges fairly?
A team must keep a toy dry using only paper and tape. In the rain test their shelter leaked at the seam where two sheets meet. What should they change?
A team must build a car that a fan's wind pushes three meters, using only one straw and one sheet of paper. What part of this task is the constraint?
A class must design a cover that keeps ice from melting for one hour, using only paper and one rubber band. What is the criterion for success?
A team must build a straw tower that holds a book 20 cm above the desk, using only straws and tape. Tower A has a wide base and Tower B a narrow base. What better meets the criterion?
A class must build a filter that takes sand out of muddy water, using only a cup, cotton, and a screen. Filter A uses the screen alone, and Filter B packs cotton above the screen. What better meets the criterion?
A class must design a paper airplane that flies five meters, using one sheet of paper each. Two planes are tested for distance. What must stay the same to make the test fair?
A class tests which paper cup cover keeps ice frozen longest, using only paper and tape. What must be the same in every test?
A team's straw tower held the book, but it leaned far to one side. What improvement does that test result point to?
In a drop test, a team's plastic-bag parachute fell fast and the egg cracked. What improvement does that result point to?
A team must make a boat from one ball of clay that floats and holds ten coins. Boat A is a tight ball and Boat B is a wide bowl shape. What better meets the criterion?
Two teams compare paper bridges, so one bridge is loaded with pennies and the other is loaded with heavier quarters. This keeps the test fair.
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Physical Properties of Matter
30 questions
