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Rolling Race: Which Surface Is Fastest?

Roll a toy car down a ramp onto different floors and find out which surface slows it the most.

Grade 3ExperimentSciencePhysicsMeasurementData AnalysisBeginner30 to 45 min6 materials

What you'll learn

  • Describe friction as a force that slows things down
  • Control variables so the test is fair
  • Measure distance and repeat trials

Objective

Test how different surfaces change how far a toy car rolls, and explain the result using friction.

STEM concepts

FrictionForcesFair testRepeated trials
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