Classroom mode
A question for the whole room
One story to open. A room full of ideas to test.
Ready in three steps
- Open the story.Read and try the first pages together.
- Pause for a prediction.At the story’s question, read its choices aloud. Invite a vote and ask, “What makes you think that?”
- Run it. Watch. Wonder.Choose the class’s prediction, run the experiment, and compare what happened with your guesses.
Different guesses are welcome. The experiment gives everyone something to rethink.
Something to put on paper
A one-page prediction and observation sheet. No answers included.
After the experiment: discussion notes
Talk about what happened
- Predict before we test: flat paper vs scrunched paper from the same height — which lands first and why?
- Gravity pulls harder on the heavy ball, so why doesn't it win the race? Talk it out before the reveal.
- If we took all the air out of the room, what would change for the feather? Predict, then we watch the tube.
Where it shows up in real life
- A leaf or feather drifting down slowly while a dropped key falls straight and fast
- A parachute catching air to float a skydiver down gently
- Rain falling softly instead of stinging because the air slows the drops
Free · no login · no student accounts