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Elementary physics laboratory pdfs
Walking Dead Lab (An Exploration of Speed, Velocity & Acceleration)
Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!Use this exciting lab to help students discover speed, velocity and acceleration and how various motions are represented graphically. This product includes almost everything you will need for this lab with the exception of measuring tape, timing device, and metal washers (or other similar weights). Before the lab, students are assigned a task (job cards are included) and 4 different "walker
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Marc W.
Paper Helicopter Activity - Air Resistance, Freefall - Physics
This is my version of the paper helicopters you can find in paper airplane books. I love making these sorts of things. My question was, how can I turn this into an inquiry based activity?
Students make five sizes of paper helicopters, collect the fall time and approximate spin rate and make two graphs to determine the effect of helicopter length on fall time. If you have access to a strobe light, you might even try measuring the spin rate!
You can use these for many levels of students and in
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4th - 12th
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Hands On Lab Activity MS-PS3-5 and 4-PS3-4
No more boring worksheets! Instead try this fun hands-on lab activity where students work with a group to launch rubber bands with a ruler to investigate the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. Includes teaching suggestions, a student lab sheet with discussion questions, and an answer key. This is one of my favorite labs!Whether learning new concepts like how kinetic energy and potential energy are related or reviewing skills they have already learned such as how to find averages
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4th - 8th
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4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-5
Thermal Energy Activities and Heat Transfer Lab - Science Unit for 3rd, 4th, 5th
This complete unit includes eight sets of hands-on thermal energy activities, a heat transfer lab, video links, flash cards, review sheet, and assessment to help third, fourth, or fifth grade students understand key science concepts.Open the preview to take a closer look at the unit. You’ll see that the activities offer safe (and fun!) ways to explore heat in the classroom.First, using inquiry, students explore key thermal energy concepts. For each guiding question, they explore two or three sim
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3rd - 5th
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4-PS3-2
Windmill Building STEM Activity
Get your students engaged with this hands on STEM Activity! Your students will be creative thinkers as they build windmills to harness the wind and investigate alternative energy sources. These activity is PERFECT for use in your classroom or a STEM open house!❤️ You will LOVE using this Windmill STEM activity because it is so SIMPLE! The bases are reusable from class to class and the students focus on building the blades. Students follow the engineering design process to design, build, and
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4th - 8th
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Physics Science Experiment STEM projects MEGA pack of 50 learning labs
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!I've redesigned and cleaned up all of my 50 stem labs in this new version. What's new? They're cleaner looking and a bit prettier. Along with new cover graphics, they also have new category tags that allow you to cross-reference them with other labs, so you can work with similar materials or themes. These indexes and alphabetical listings are a huge bonus! This is the kind of thing you'll want to print, hole-punch, an
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Slow Can Race STEM Forces in Motion Activity/ Experiment: Creating Friction
This interactive STEM activity is always a highlight of my forces and motion unit! This activity is perfect to reinforce the concepts of forces and friction. Students need to cover or wrap a regular can in different materials to se how they affect the speed a can can travel down a ramp. Students experiment to see how friction affects motion. Set the stage by building up the idea that this is a race- THEN explain that the SLOWEST can is the winner! Students often wrap all kinds of materials
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3rd - 8th
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Newton's Laws of Motion: First Law Lab
A fun, interactive way for your students to explore Newton's First Law of Motion!
In Part One (Penny Drop), students will explain in terms of Newton’s First Law why a penny falls into a cup when a card is flicked.
In Part Two (Marble Roll), students will explain in terms of Newton’s First Law why it is hard to get a marble rolling, and get it to stop rolling, using only air and a straw.
Also includes a reflection sheet with four thought questions. Students will read each scenario and describe
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5th - 9th
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Electricity and Circuit Stations Hands on Electrical Circuits Science Activity
This collection of four hands-on experiments will really excite and ignite your students. Easy to set up lessons as well as student instructions for self-guided stations. Perfect for teaching circuits, conductors, and insulatorsHow can I use this product?These are great science centers for partners or small groups.What is included?The PDF file contains instructions and worksheets for four experiments:1. Make a light bulb light with a battery and a paper clip. (EUREKA Light Kit)2. Make two light
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4th - 6th
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Thinking Thermally Glow Stick Lab: A Thermal Energy Experiment
This experiment will allow your students to see Thermal Energy in action as they observe how temperature affects glow intensity.
This resource includes a teacher's guide that provides step-by-step instructions on how to conduct the experiment. Also included is a lap report and reflection questions for your students. The lap report allows students to record the question, determine what materials are needed, form a hypothesis, record the procedure, and document the results and conclusion. The re
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2nd - 5th
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Light Energy Stations or Light Energy Experiments
Light Energy Stations or Light Energy Experiments Students will love investigating light energy with these simple stations. Each of these mini investigations will take about 4 minutes. Students will be prompted to answer a simple question and/or draw what they see.Instructions and material lists are included. This is a great companion to my Energy Vocabulary PostersI ♥ Followers! All new products are 20% off for the first 24 hours after they are posted! Be the first to learn about new produc
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2nd - 6th
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Force and Motion Stations-inquiry activities for Newton's 1st law/ Inertia
6 stations of activities to introduce or help students understand Newton's 1st law, friction and inertia. Simple materials are needed and about 15 minutes of prep-work before the activity are needed. Student data sheet and expected results are included.Materials: 2 water bottles, rubber bands, string, 2 spring scales, some clay, matchbox car, pencils, textbooks, chair, rulerNow part of an awesome bundle of force lessons for only $3.95Newtons Force and Motion Laws: Notes, Inquiry Experiments and
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4th - 8th
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Balloon Car - Newton's Laws of Motion at Work - Physics Project
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a “car” that runs on the power of a single balloon expelling air. Most of the materials are scavenged – water bottles, bottle caps, straws, etc. The activity takes 120 minutes including testing, data collection, and completing the lab questions for the easier version ad 150 minutes for the advanced version. This is real science with real calculations.
My files include a simple version for lower grades (calculating average vel
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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STEM Project-Design a Slow Marble Ramp [Force and Friction Activity] Updated!
This interactive STEM project is an introduction or review of forces and friction that will get you students thinking and engaged! Students design, build, test and analyze a system of ramps for a marble to travel down slowly! Simple materials will work for this like cardboard paper towel tubes and various fabrics. You will be amazed at what students come up with! Included in this project are:Informational Reading on the friction with review questions.STEM design sheet to draw and explain their
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4th - 9th
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Scientific Method Experiment with Boats - Sink and Float, Buoyancy and Capacity
Students will follow the steps of the scientific method as they create tinfoil boats and learn about sink and float, buoyancy and capacity. This science experiment creates a hands on learning experience that is engaging and memorable for students!Click the green PREVIEW button to see more details of what is included.What is Included?Teacher InformationSample Schedule IdeasMaterials ListWhole Group ExperimentIndependent/Partner ExperimentExperiment Results (the science behind the experiment)Exper
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4th - 6th
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Static Electricity Hands On Science Centers or Lab Stations
This collection of hands-on experiments will really excite and ignite your students. Easy to set up lessons on static electricity.Click the Preview button above to see the complete resource.How can I use this product?These are great science centers for partners or small groups.What is included?The PDF file contains instructions and worksheets for four hands on experiments:Static Magic Separation StationLevitation StationBalloon InteractionTwo more activities:Atom Action - make models on atomsCon
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3rd - 5th
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States of Matter: How are atoms arranged? Hands on reinforcement activity
States of Matter: How are atoms arranged? Hands on reinforcement activity for the 3 different states of Matter. This is an AWESOME hands on activity to help students understand how atoms are arranged in Solids, Liquids and Gasses. The activity requires a little set-up work. You need to punch holes out of 3 different colors of construction paper (the bigger the holes the better and easier) but the pay-off is worth it! there is a color in the dots version and a blank version so you can use Cheerio
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3rd - 6th
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Force and Motion STEM Marble Tracks
This STEM and Force Unit Activity Pack is perfect for your budding engineers and scientists! Have students apply what they have learned about force and motion to design marble tracks which will have a marble traveling a distance in the slowest amount of time. Students will use the engineering design process to construct a marble track and show what they know about force, friction, motion, etc. This is always a class FAVORITE!STEM: Force and Motion Kit Includes:► Teacher lesson plans► Engineering
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2nd - 4th
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Newton's Three Laws of Motion: A Cross-Curricular Lesson for P.E. and Science
*** Over 400 Copies Sold! ***Now you can BUNDLE & SAVE!Hands On Science BundleNewton's Three Laws of Motion: A Cross-Curricular Lesson for P.E. and ScienceInvestigate Newton's 3 Laws of Motion through movement! This lesson plan includes instructions for setting up a 3-station physics experiment. This lesson can be done at an elementary or middle school level (depending on your state's specific grade level expectations for learning about forces and motion). Each of the three stations focuses
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2nd - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-3
Also included in: Hands On Science Bundle - Learn Through Exploration!
Acceleration, Gravity and Free Fall Inquiry Lab Activity (Physical Science)
Need an engaging activity to get your students thinking about free-fall and acceleration due to gravity? Look no further! Use this inquiry lab as an introductory activity or assess your students' understanding of previously-taught content with this easy set-up lab investigation. My students love climbing on their desks and lab stations to see if all objects drop at the same rate! This inquiry lab begins with an engaging video that leads into the question, WHICH FALLS FASTER: A MUFFIN OR A MOOSE
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5th - 11th
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MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-2
Space STEM Challenge Launch a Paper Straw Rocket Lab PRINT and DIGITAL
For this STEM Challenge, students must build a paper space rocket and launch it at least three feet into the air using a drinking straw. This activity explains the difference between a rocket and a shuttle and describes how rockets work in simple terms. It's the perfect experiment to include in an outer space or moon themed unit in your science classroom. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activitiesbackground information about what rockets are and ho
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3rd - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Forces in Motion Exploration Stations - Discovering Newton's 3 Laws at Work
This PDF file includes 15 pages (10 stations for a investigation rotation and 5 pages of teacher answer key, explanations and teacher prep).
Update as of 9/21/13: I have included both a Christmas/Winter themed version and a more generic chevron & dots version)
I recommend doing this exploration BEFORE teaching Newton's 3 Laws. Then, after completing the lab and learning about the 3 laws, have students come back to the observations they made during this lab and explain how each of Ne
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Vickie B.
Friction And Speed | Ramps And Cars Experiment| Force And Motion Science
Conduct an easy prep and interesting lab exploring how friction affects speed. We developed it to be conducted in 30 minutes. Expand with the included reading passage. The supplies are simple and can be modified. A perfect activity for providing hands-on experience before vocabulary and concepts.Included in the Hands-On ActivityBackground Information and Vocabulary on friction, rolling friction, and resistance force.Hands-on Activity Page with Two Variables to Test."The Science of Friction an
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3rd - 6th
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3-PS2-2
, 5-PS2-1
Push And Pull Experiment | Force Motion And Gravity Science | Grade K 1
Introduce the scientific method by comparing pushes and pulls. This is an engaging experiment for a forces and interactions unit. This easy prep lab uses simple supplies. Teacher background and easy-to-follow student journal are included. A great way to discover inertia and gravity with K and 1st grade.Students will follow the scientific method to answer the question: Does a push or a pull affect the number of pennies that will fall into a jar?Digital and Distance Learning Approved. This is
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-3
, K-PS2-1
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