Bowling for... Science?

Okay, so our Science unit for the month of March is called Pushes and Pulls. We started off the unit by taking a tour of the school and even went outside in search of things that were moving. We drew pictures of things we saw moving and then put them into two groups, living and non-living. We then learned that living things like people and animals can move on their own. We drew pictures of our partners faces and bodies and circled all the parts that we can move (ex. eyebrows, arms, hips, etc.). In this lesson we learned that non-living things need a push or a pull in order to move. I thought a fun way for the kids to see this was to do some bowling. The bowling pins obviously do not move around on their own but with the push of a bowling ball they can go flying! Obviously the kids loved it and made the science connection too :)