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What Can Spin? Predicting and Listing
How Things Work · Discussion and Connection
Ask students whether the charkha — the spinning wheel that Gandhi used to spin cotton into thread — belongs on their list, and what makes it different from a coin or a top. This draws out what students already know about spinning tools without labelling it as a formal topic.
0-8Teacher tells the story of Meera and Dhruv watching a spinning coin and asks: 'Have you ever seen something spin and wondered how it keeps going?' Students share examples aloud.
8-20Students open Textbook p. 105 and individually write a list of objects they think can spin. They then share with a partner and add any new objects their partner thought of.
20-32Class builds a shared list on the board. Teacher guides students to sort the objects informally: 'Which of these have you actually seen spinning? Which are you guessing?' Discussion surfaces what students already know about spinning.
32-40Students record their personal final list in their notebooks. Teacher poses a closing question: 'Do all objects spin the same way, or does something about their shape or size matter?' Students note one thought in response.
Competency (C-1.3). Asks questions and makes predictions about simple patterns (season change, food chain, phases of the moon, movement of stars and planets, shapes of trees, plants, leaves, and flowers, rituals, celebrations) observed in the immediate environment
Learning outcome. Students can generate and refine predictions about which everyday objects are capable of a specified physical behaviour.
Meera says: 'I think the coin, the bangle, and the wooden top will all spin, but the pencil and the eraser will not.' Before she tests them, is this a prediction or a result?
- A It is a prediction, because she has not tested the objects yet.
- B It is a prediction, but only the wooden top counts because it is made for spinning.
- C It is a result, because she has seen these objects before.
- D It is a result, because she listed objects that are round.
A. It is a prediction, because she has not tested the objects yet.
What each wrong option reveals
- B Student partially grasps 'prediction' but incorrectly limits the concept to objects designed for the activity.
- C Student confuses familiarity with an object with having tested it — does not yet distinguish prediction from result.
- D Student uses shape as evidence, conflating a reasonable inference with an actual tested outcome.
Also saved as 8 periods or 11 periods.
- 2Spinning Objects: Observe and Record
How Things Work - 3Building Cardboard Spinners
How Things Work - 4Why Did the Spinner Fail? Discussing Axle Position
How Things Work - 5Colour Spinners: Mixing Colours Through Rotation
How Things Work - 6Float or Sink? Predicting and Testing Objects
Floating and Sinking - 7Weight vs. Shape: Does Weight Alone Decide?
Floating and Sinking - 8Same Material, Different Shape: Aluminium Foil Investigation
Floating and Sinking - 9Design and Build: Our Classroom Boats
Floating and Sinking - 10Presenting Our Boat: Oral Findings and Reflection
Floating and Sinking - 11Framing Inquiry Questions About Spinning
Let us reflect - 12Balance and Float: Reasoning and Classification
Let us reflect - 13How Things Work: Chapter Synthesis
Synthesis
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