Worksheet for Students

Part I.
1. What do you know about friction?

2. If you were sliding down a slide and wanted to go fast would you want sweatpants or nylon pants on? Why?

3. Write down definition of friction here (can be found in a dictionary):

Part II.
1. After touching all of the materials write down which material will make the roller roll the fastest: ______________

2. Which will make it roll the slowest? _____________

3. Guess and list in order from fastest to slowest all of the different materials:

4. Test your predictions.
5. What is the difference between the slowest material and the fastest?

Part III.
1. When would you want no friction?

2. When would you want lots of friction?