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Mystery Boxes
Task with Student Directions
Contributed by: Illinois Science Teachers Association (ILS)

  1. Check the materials at this station:

    • Three cardboard boxes labeled A, B, and C.


  2. Pick up the boxes one at a time. Move them around, listen to the motion of the object inside the box.

  3. Read the questions in the Student Response section to find out what you should do next.

  4. Answer all questions.

  5. When you are finished, put the boxes back on the table in front of you.

Student Response

  1. What kind of motion is made by the object in box A?

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  2. What is the shape of the object in box A?

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  3. What is one other property of the object in box A?

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  4. What kind of motion is made by the object in box B?

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  5. What is the shape of the object in box B?

    ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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  6. Pick up box C; does it have the same object as box A or box B?


    Check one: Box A ________ Box B ________

 


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