WORKSHEETS
For this physical science activity, students draw force diagrams and identify the types and directions of forces…
Review the meaning of physical science terms with the vocabulary worksheet and word puzzle about force in this…
LESSON PLANS
Students will learn about work versus force by dropping coins on a ruler.
Students explore how forces (such as gravity and inertia) act on machines.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to force and motion.
Acceleration, momentum, inertia, and other physics terms are reviewed in this vocabulary printable. Students are asked…
Students test their hypothesis as to whether a cotton ball or a block of wood will move farther when blown on.
Students classify leaves by their characteristics.
FUTUREFIT PROJECTS
Use this printable resource with the Help the Hero: Simple Machines FutureFit Project. This worksheet includes all of…
PROJECTS
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a…
Connect math and physics with the word problems and skill challenge in this printable. Students will use the information…
ACTIVITIES
Students hypothesize what will happen when objects come into contact with a column of air shooting upward at high speed.…
Students predict and then measure the effort needed to lift a bottle with pulleys. Materials list, advance preparation…
Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on the forces and properties that cause motion, and on vocabulary…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to motion.
Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on moving objects, what speeds them up, and what slows them down, and…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to force, magnets, and electricity.
Suggest a family activity to parents that provides a series of home projects and vocabulary words related to force,…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to forces, machine, and work.
Students use a lever to lift a marble, measure the number of gram cubes needed to lift the marble, and make inferences…
Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on force and motion, and vocabulary related to force and motion.
Students define motion terms such as force, inertia, and streamlining, and discuss how they relate to a skydiving…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words for students about force, gravity, and velocity.
