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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Introduce Ramps
An introductory activity where young scholars discover the way things roll and slide down ramps and hills.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Ramps Around Us
Set up several ramps around the room and allow the students to explore and investigate how they work.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Sliding Peep
Students make their own ramps and test them out by sending various objects down them.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Read and Discuss: Ten on the Sled
Discussion and integrations ideas for the read aloud book, Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Snowy Hills
Students make two snowy hills, one steep and one gentle, to discover their effects on rolling objects.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Down the Slide
Take the students out to the playground so they can explore things that go down the slide.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Ramps All Around
Take the students outside on a walking field trip where they can notice ramps and slanted surfaces in the neighborhood.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Steep and Steeper
Students explore what happens to a rolling object when the steepness of the ramp is increased.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Share the Day's Discoveries
Share and discuss ideas the students have about ramps and rolling objects.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Share the Day's Discoveries
Discuss classroom explorations and discoveries about ramps.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Indoor Ramps
Have students make ramps out of flat pieces of cardboard and other materials.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Roll or Slide?
A classroom activity where students discover whether an object rolls, slides, or stays put.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Toy Sleds
Students experiment with different materials and objects to make a sled that will slide down the ramps.
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Peep and the Big Wide World: Games and Videos
This site provides science and math games and videos for Pre-K through early elementary students.
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Peep and the Big Wide World: Sound
In this interactive, children learn about sounds and practice putting sounds together to make music.
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Peep and the Big Wide World: The Way Things Move
In this game, children move the track and drop a berry to move along the track to the bird.
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Peep and the Big Wide World: Shapes and Patterns
This interactive game focuses on repeated patterns to create dance moves.
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Peep and the Big Wide World: Animals and Plants
This learning game has students follow different animal tracks and collect berries along the way.