Monday, December 2, 2013

Zoomers

Today, your child came home with a zoomer.  We have been learning about the motion of spinning in our science program for the past few weeks.  Here's a video from another school of a student using a zoomer and talking about it.


Have your child show you how it works.  It still spins like our tops, but this time it requires the force of pulling, rather than the force of pushing to get it moving!  We first made zoomers out of plastic (which we found was easier to get zooming) but then made them today with lighter-weight cardboard that we could decorate.  We saw our drawings change when it zoomed, much like our drawings changed on our tops.  Enjoy!

How to make your Zoomer go: