Math Activities Amongst Velcro!

Velcro has been unopen to a while--since 1948 together with it tin live fun to play alongside too.

 They come upwards inward unlike forms: sew together on strips, adhesive backing strips, together with adhesive backing dots or squares.
The claw side is the stiffer side together with the softer, fluffier side has petty loops.

Mostly what you lot tin create alongside Velcro involves physics, merely immature students tin play alongside velcro together with brand observations, write downwards data, together with brand hypotheses.  Here are some things you lot tin essay alongside Velcro.

  • Put a claw slice of adhesive Velcro on the underside of a desk.   Put the flexible loop adhesive slice on a claw of some sort.  Hang a plastic handbag from the claw together with run into how much you lot tin pose inward the handbag until the Velcro can't concur it whatsoever longer.

    • Can you lot discovery it's breaking weight?
    • Were you lot able to pose to a greater extent than things inward the handbag than you lot idea you lot could earlier it broke the Velcro bond?
      • How many items did you lot pose inward the bag?
    • Can you lot larn far together with thence unopen to breaking the bond where you lot tin count the pose out of strings from the loop halt that are belongings onto the hooks?

How many items create you lot ain that accept Velcro?  Can you lot create math alongside them?