Acceleration of Gravity Lab Activity

Your classes have been studying gravity, mass, and weight. Now you are ready to give students a hands-on lab activity as a follow-up to your discussions. Enter the Acceleration of Gravity Lab Activity!

This acceleration of gravity lab activity will reinforce your talks about Earth's gravitational rate on free-falling objects. Using simple and readily accessible equipment, students will construct a pendulum and use the period of the pendulum to calculate Earth's gravitational acceleration accurately.

What’s inside…

✅ 2 pages for student w/ detailed instructions, diagrams, and equation + follow-up question

✅ teacher notes

✅ printable protractor (if you lack one)

How it works - Students will…

1. construct a pendulum
2. perform multiple trials
3. determine the period of the pendulum
4. using the data and a formula calculate the acceleration of Earth's Gravity
5. follow up the investigation with guided questions to ensure understanding

Uses:

✦ lesson follow-up, review, or checkup

✦ a unit lab or part of a unit lab series

✦ assessment activity

✦ simple & fun science activity

and more

Features you can’t help but ❤️:

➤ Only simple lab equipment is needed!

➤ Students are engaged and focused

➤ detailed instructions and diagrams show how to set up and run the activity

➤ conduct lab with paper copies OR use the Easel version

Here’s what teachers like you have to say…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So much fun! Dawn S.

Additional Details:

This lab utilizes simple equipment (line, weight, table, protractor, timer, calculator, and metric ruler or tape), which could be used with students in a home or distance learning environment.

All you have to do is copy the student pages, gather the (simple & easily available) lab equipment, and distribute the printed pages to your students. Of course, you can always go paperless with the Easel version.

Designed for middle school but suitable for grades 6-12.

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