Use this hand's on Physics Activity to replace a worksheet to teach math of calculating average acceleration. This scavenger hunt high school activity is a fun, engaging and differentiated! Encourage Active Learning as students work in pairs to find differentiated word problems hidden around the room. Students work together to solve the average acceleration math problem, check their answer with you, then re-hide their problem and repeat. Great hands on activity for differentiation. This is a great method to reduced the fear that many students have of using a math formula. The equation for acceleration is intimidating for students who do not view themselves as being good at math. I have had success with this method even with students who are in special education math classes, because their math skills are so far below grade level.

Sort kids by math class (ability) - this way they are confident to ask their partner for help and they will think alike. Then tell kids the color coding method for how difficult the problems are (3 levels of difficulty).  Assign each group a minimum number of “easy” problems to do before moving on to the more difficult problems.  (You will be surprised how hard they push themselves!) Works great for special education students!

Explanation of the cards:

• Difficulty 1 math problems - solving for only acceleration.  Word problem is in the same format and same units.  (Perfect to build confidence for reluctant math students)
• Difficulty 2 math problems. Different wording of the problems, solving for a variety of units, some negative acceleration.
• Difficulty 3 - solving for initial velocity, final velocity, time.  (requires algebra)

This style of activity works great for ADHD students, reluctant math students etc. As the number of students in my classes with some sort of identification keeps increasing I am inventing more activities that allow kids the same learning without as much sitting still and having to be quiet.  It works great for your ADHD students who need to be “DOING SOMETHING.”

This activity is very easy to prepare and can be used in the future with almost zero set up time.

I wrote this activity for a 11th grade General Science course, but it could be used in a variety of different courses: Physical Science, Physics

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