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Investigating Motion, Forces, and Energy Lab Book Lesson PlanInvestigating Motion, Forces, and Energy Lab Book Lesson Plan
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Investigating Motion, Forces, and Energy Lab Book

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Eighth graders create their own experiements using toy trucks, cars or balls to measure the time it takes two of them to travel 5 meters, as well as at each 1 meter interval. They make use computers to make a time/distance graph and write a concl

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motion, speed, distance, graphing

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distance, graphs, motion, Physical Science, speed, science
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Grade
8th
Subjects
Science
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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