Guiding+Activities-Sickle

__**G****uiding Activity****:** __

Create a poem, short story, rap, song, or other creative media to describe the experience of riding on your favorite amusement park ride. How do you feel when the forces of gravity are affecting your body? How does the transformation of energy affect the way your body moves? Be sure to include discussions of energy (for example: energy forms, energy transformation, etc.). Pictures may be included, or can be used as the entire activity in the form of a comic strip or similar art form.

Image credit: @http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poem_illustrations/10.gif

and a video camera available for the students. Allow their creativity to flow through, while also monitoring for teamwork. Give your input only when discussion deviates from the focus of the project.
 * TEACHER’S NOTE **: Have various arts and crafts materials, a digital camera,

    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Guiding Questions__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Guiding Resources__
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What different forms of energy exist on an amusement park ride?
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During which stages of the ride is there a transformation of energy?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are some emotions you feel while riding your chosen ride?
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What factors affect how you feel on the ride?
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If a certain part of the ride were eliminated, how would that change your experience?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index2.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - a brief explanation of what forces are behind the fun at an amusement park
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachersguides/pdf/physicalscience/ds/electricitys_attraction.pdf__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - a lesson plan on amusement park physics
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVr3tcu24Us__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - a student-produced video on the physics behind the fun at an amusement park