Abstract
Friction is an important phenomenon in everyday life. All children are familiar with playground slides, which may thus be a good starting point for investigating friction. Motion on an inclined plane is a standard physics example. This paper presents an investigation of friction by a group of 11-year olds. How did they plan their investigations? What aspects of friction could they discern? What understanding of the nature of science was revealed - and developed - during their investigation and subsequent discussion with the teacher? © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Pendrill, A. M., Ekström, P., Hansson, L., Mars, P., Ouattara, L., & Ryan, U. (2014). Motion on an inclined plane and the nature of science. Physics Education, 49(2), 180–186. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/49/2/180
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