rain spout ramp

We got this discarded rain gutter from someone's trash pile one day on a run. Yup, shoulda seen me finishing our run with a 5 ft rain spout across the top of the jogger. It was something, for sure!

We've had lots of fun with this "ramp." Rolling little pumpkins and squash down it. Pouring sawdust down it. Recently the wheelbarrow filled with water from a rain, so we poured the rain water, cup by cup, down the ramp.

So many science and math skills introduced by this activity--gravity, properties of solids and liquids, properties of ramps, cause and effect, conducting a simple experiment.....

We need to bring out some little matchbox cars soon and drive them down our ramp!