Balancing Forces

@Home Lesson 11

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We have been trying to figure out:

Chapter 3 Question
Why does the train fall?

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Remember, the @Home Science Wall helps

us keep track of what we’re learning.

Find the @Home Science

Wall pages and review
the key concepts and
vocabulary we can use to
talk and write about our
ideas.
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One student made a

model with these
materials to get more
evidence about why the
train falls back to the
tracks.

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You will use the Think-Pair Routine to

discuss the Chapter 3 question.

Your partner can be a family member, a friend or classmate on the

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Think about the key concepts we’ve

figured out and the model you
observed.

Why does the train fall?

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Remember, evidence can come from

reading or from observations.

What evidence makes

you think that the force
of gravity makes the train
fall?

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How does the model help

to explain why the train
falls?

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You will write a scientific explanation to the

people of Faraday to help them understand
how the train works so they will not be so
worried.

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You already wrote about

what makes the train rise
up off the tracks.
Now you will explain why
the train falls back to the
tracks.

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What is a Scientific Explanation?

1. It answers a question about how or why something happens.

2. It is based on the ideas you have learned from investigations
and text.
3. It uses scientific language.
4. It is written for an audience.
5. It describes things that are not easy to observe.

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Find and complete the Scientific

Explanation of Why the Train Falls page.

First write your topic

sentence.

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Next, write the rest of

your explanation to the
people of Faraday. Make
sure to use ideas and
words from the @Home
Science wall to help you.

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