Today while playing a modified version of croquet (just the hitting and sending part, no wickets) we had a little lesson on kinetic energy. I pointed out to DS1 that is was science and physical education, and even math, too (when the wickets and posts are set up).
We all took turns sending each other's balls by holding one with a foot and hitting it to transfer the energy to the next ball. We even did it with 3 balls, so the last one in the line got almost all of the energy. Then we did it without holding the first ball and saw that only some of the energy transferred because both balls moved.
Oooo! We may have to get the croquet set out of the shed. We just read a book called "Energy Makes Things Happen", and this would be a nice tie-in activity.
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