
If you haven’t tried this yet, give it a try and have fun! We can see this by making a steeper incline. But we can sometimes overcome friction by changing how fast we make our objects move. We can think of friction as the force stopping an object from moving any farther. You most likely observed that objects shaped like a ball or cylinder move more easily down the incline than those shaped like a box, for example. This involves a force called friction and also has to do with the shape of each object. But just like we sometimes get stuck on a slide, some objects get stuck or go more slowly down an incline. So what is happening in our experiment? A pulling force affects each object as it goes down the incline, just as there is one pulling you when you go down a slide.

We can make it move faster or farther if we push or kick harder. If we kick or push the ball, it goes in one direction moving in the way we pushed it. We can see forces in action when we play with a ball. A force is invisible, but we can define a force simply as either a push or a pull.



You can later alter how steep your incline is by moving the side of your tray or book that’s resting on the carpet closer to your chair. Take a tray or flat picture book and place it with one side resting on an elevated surface such as a chair and then the other resting on the carpet. Begin by creating a slide or incline where you will be working.Here are some suggested items, but you can try any object. Objectives: Explore what kinds of shapes roll versus slide using everyday objects around your home.
