Gravity as Energy!

Today we explored how toys use gravity as a source of energy. They were challenged to find a way to make their toys (cars and balls) move without being pushed, pulled, or thrown. The rules were that they could use the play equipment and they may carry the toys someplace, but once they let go of the toys, the toys have to travel by themselves without a push or a pull. Here are some pictures of the students experimenting. They were quick to discover that they could drop their toy, or put it on the slide to make it move by itself