Egg Drop
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Lesson
Forces & Motion
Learn about Newton's second law of motion. When force is applied to an object, the result is a change in velocity. Either the object's speed and/or the direction changes.
Egg Ramps
Egg Catapult Engineering
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Recycling and Energy | VirtualSC Energy
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This lesson explores the connections between energy and recycling. Topics covered in this lesson include types of energy, thermal units, energy costs, and benefits of recycling.
Surface Tension | Carolina Classrooms
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Bill Austin, assistant principal at Oakland Primary School in Sumter, uses a balloon and a skewer to demonstrate surface tension.
Making Inferences & Newton’s Laws of Motion
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Students will make inferences based on their knowledge of Newton’s laws.
Engineering Catapults
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The students will be able to: - Describe and Predict -Design a catapult with the given materials to explore their predictions - Test their predictions using the catapult that they created while...
Kennedy Space Center, Part 1 | Project Discovery
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Jim Gerard, an aerospace education specialists at Kennedy Space Center, discusses the astronauts becoming weightless and demonstrates a ball that, when dropped, alarms as it falls and is momentarily...
Roaring Rockets
Lesson
In this lesson, students will learn a brief history of rockets, rocket design, and build and test a foam rocket. This lesson can be used in a larger Force and Motion Unit.
Slide, Slide to the Finish Line
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Students will investigate friction by a) using inquiry to make observations about particular surfaces, receiving direct instruction related to the inquiry activity, and then by conducting an...