Laws of Motion and Simple Machines Unit

Comprehensive Science Unit for Teachers: 33+ Interactive Lessons with Hands-On Activities

This comprehensive science unit is designed to engage students in interactive, hands-on learning with over 33 lessons (50 minutes each) and 63 pages of printable work bundles. Perfect for teachers, the unit offers everything needed for dynamic lesson planning, including editable resources that align seamlessly with Google Classroom.

Highlights of the Unit

4 Parts, 33+ Lessons, and Interactive Content:

• Lessons include hands-on activities, projects, graph interpretations, built-in quizzes, and games.

• Chronologically structured work bundles complement detailed and interactive slideshows for streamlined lesson planning.

• Each part concludes with a 20-question quiz game for review and assessment.

Comprehensive Teaching Materials:

• Answer keys, materials lists, video links, crosswords, and quizzes.

• Editable slides and work bundles that easily convert to Google Slides/Docs.

Standards-Aligned:

• Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core Standards for literacy in science and technical subjects.

Part 1: Newton's Laws of Motion (10 Lessons, 15-Page Work Bundle)

• Covers Newton’s Laws, friction, inertia, aerodynamics, and hydrodynamics with easy data collection.

• Includes a variety of easy and effective activities that teachers can demonstrate or allow students to engage with, including:

• Friction lab: Explore types of friction and their effects.

• Center of Mass activity: Students participate in a number of fun and easy ways to explore center of mass.

• F=ma Lab: Calculate forces with engaging activities that simplify Newton’s Laws.

• Interactive demonstrations and real-life examples (e.g., videos, animations, and games) that make concepts like inertia and friction tangible and memorable for students.

• Marble track lab, Newton's Third Law: with meter sticks, rulers, and a flat surface.

• A 20-question review game concludes this part for additional assessment.

Part 2: Potential and Kinetic Energy (6 Lessons, 11-Page Work Bundle)

• Focuses on PE=mgh and KE=1/2mv² equations.

• Includes activities like:

• Egg Drop Challenge: Students explore foundational principles and design their own custom devices for safely dropping an egg.

• Bungee Jumping Egg Challenge: Students calculate potential energy to ensure a safe drop.

• Energy Skate Park simulation: Explore energy transitions.

• Step-by-step slides with visual aids and problem-solving exercises make the concepts accessible.

• A 20-question review game concludes this part for additional assessment.

Part 3: Forces in Motion (7 Lessons, 18-Page Work Bundle)

• Topics: Centripetal force, momentum, velocity, acceleration, and more.

• Engaging labs and demonstrations:

• Speed Trap Lab: Students calculate speed and graph displacement.

• Momentum Activity: Interactive examples, and activity to understand conservation of momentum.

• Animated slides, hands-on activities, and quizzes ensure active participation.

• A 20-question review game concludes this part for additional assessment.

Part 4: Simple Machines (10 Lessons, 19-Page Work Bundle)

• Focuses on efficiency, mechanical advantage, and simple/compound machines.

• Highlights include:

• Marshmallow Catapult and Pulley Labs: Students build and test machines.

• Mechanical Advantage: The slideshow features simple, cost-effective activities that are easy to set up, allowing students to explore mechanical advantage and the principles of simple machines in an engaging and enjoyable way.

• Mouse Trap Car Challenge: Combines engineering and physics and focuses on Efficiency.

• Rube Goldberg Machines: Amazing videos and online simulations Creativity meets problem-solving.

• Practical labs incorporate spring scales and data collection for applied learning.

• A 20-question review game concludes this part for additional assessment.