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When Push Comes to Crunch
Eighth graders engage in an experiment which uses an inclined plane and balls of various masses to determine the effect a large object has on a small object. They study velocity, momentum, gravity and forces.
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Speeding By The Numbers
Students determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.
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Hover Above the Earth
Fourth graders build a balloon hovercraft, take direct measurements, answer critical questions, and make calculations using the data gathered in order to see the concept of acceleration as a change in velocity. They use a worksheet...
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Measuring Acceleration
Students create an accelerometer and take measurements of acceleration in a moving car. They study the car speeding up in a straight line, slowing in a straight line and curving at constant speed. They prepare a lab report showing...
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Distance over Time
Students analyze velocity and how it is determined. They experiment with velocity in order to measure and calculate the magnitude of speed. They use examples in their novel "Skateboard Renegade" to relate velocity to real life situations.
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Playground Games
Students compete in playground games in order to review velocity and wave behavior in real life situations. They demonstrate understanding by calculating velocity in their "Playground Games" packet.
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Collision Course
Students measure the speed of moving marbles and use the results to calculate velocity and momentum. They analyze the events preceding a Japanese train crash.
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There's Gotta Be An Angle
Students examine the external variables that affect a downhill skier in the quest for speed. They access websites imbedded in this plan to become ski teams competing against one another. Each team presents results of all experiments.
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Physics Rewind
Eighth graders differentiate speed and velocity. In this physics lesson, 8th graders explain Newton's laws of motion. They calculate speed using a mathematical formula.
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Measuring Velocity
Students calculate their classmate's velocity using a mathematical formula. In this physics lesson, students graph the motion. They interpret the slope of the graph.
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Describing the Motion of a Battery Powered Car
Young scholars calculate average velocity of a moving car. In this physics lesson, students construct graphs from data collected in the experiment. They design their own experiment to determine velocity of another moving object.
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How Mass Affects the Speed of a Coaster Car
Students determine what factors affect the speed of the car. In this physics lesson, students calculate speed, velocity and acceleration from experimental data. They construct and interpret motion graphs.
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Sediment Study
Eighth graders study sediment and the factors that effect its distribution. In this sediment study lesson students complete a lab activity on sediment distribution.
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Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini-Olympics
Eighth graders examine the difference between speed, velocity and acceleration. For this velocity lesson students read and construct a line graph and a bar graph to show information about velocities of sports activities.
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PROJECTILE MOTION
Students measure muzzle velocity, and predict range of a projectile device. In this motion lesson students complete a lab and explain the outcomes of their experiments.
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Kinetic Energy and Work
Students study kinetic energy and how it works. In this investigative lesson students divide into groups and attempt to break a board with their hand.
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Simple Machines make work easier.
Students examine how simple machine work can make work easier. In this machines lesson students complete an activity that shows them what makes up a machine, and how to measure displacement and velocity.
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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM
Students study the Conservation of Momentum. In this momentum lesson students use the Conservation of Momentum to determine the velocity of a tennis ball as it comes out of a cannon.
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Time and Motion on Track
Students create a motion diagram for a distance and motion project. For this time and motion lesson, students take turns walking around the track and take pictures of their motion. Students measure the distances and determine each...
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Wave Machine
Young scholars experiment with wave behaviors. In this wave machine lesson, students design a model of waves to understand interference, standing waves, free-end reflection and wave velocity.
Physics LAB
Uniform Circular Motion
In this circular motion worksheet, students determine the magnitude of a coin's linear velocity and the magnitude of its acceleration. This worksheet has 14 problems to solve.
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Speed and Distance
In this speed worksheet, students create time vs. distance graphs to answer questions about average speed, average velocity, and acceleration. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.
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Motion
In this motion learning exercise, students determine the motion of a ball on different inclined planes, including the velocity and acceleration. This learning exercise has 8 problems to solve.
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Momentum of Line in Art
For this momentum worksheet, students read about how artists use the term momentum to describe how a viewer's eyes move a long a line. Then students complete 4 short answer questions.