Description
This lab activity gives students a chance to calculate velocity and speed while having fun during egg and spoon races. 8th and 9th grade students will calculate the speed of the races using the variables time, distance, speed, and direction.
Included skills:
- students will calculate speed by taking the distance an object travels in relation to the amount of time required
- also illustrates the difference between the speed of an object and it's velocity which includes direction
- I promise your students will LOVE this!
- easy set up
- designed to be student friendly
- recommended for 8th grade science, 9th grade science, Physical Science, IPC, General Science, and Conceptual Physics (algebra based)
TEKS Covered
8.6A
I.4A
NGSS Standards Covered
MS- PS2-1
HS-PS2-1
Also found in these money saving bundles
- Bundle of Lessons – Physics Problems
- Bundle of Lessons - Motion
- 9th Grade Physical Science Mega Bundle of Lessons
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to Ron Leishman Digital Toonage for the commercial right to use his clipart. Click here to visit his creative TpT site.
Thank you to Sarah Pecorino Illustration for the commercial right to use her clipart. Click here to visit her wonderful TpT site.
Terms of Use – copyright ©Catherine Skye All rights to this product are reserved by author. This authorizes one teacher to use this product. If you want to share it with other teachers, please purchase a license to share this work. Copying by more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited UNLESS you purchase a license. Clipart and elements found in this PDF and others on my site are from the public domain unless otherwise noted. All products on my site are intended for classroom and personal use and may not be digitally copied for reuse in any form. Any misuse is considered copyright infringement and violates the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
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Description
This lab activity gives students a chance to calculate velocity and speed while having fun during egg and spoon races. 8th and 9th grade students will calculate the speed of the races using the variables time, distance, speed, and direction.
Included skills:
- students will calculate speed by taking the distance an object travels in relation to the amount of time required
- also illustrates the difference between the speed of an object and it's velocity which includes direction
- I promise your students will LOVE this!
- easy set up
- designed to be student friendly
- recommended for 8th grade science, 9th grade science, Physical Science, IPC, General Science, and Conceptual Physics (algebra based)
TEKS Covered
8.6A
I.4A
NGSS Standards Covered
MS- PS2-1
HS-PS2-1
Also found in these money saving bundles
- Bundle of Lessons – Physics Problems
- Bundle of Lessons - Motion
- 9th Grade Physical Science Mega Bundle of Lessons
Related Resources
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Ron Leishman Digital Toonage for the commercial right to use his clipart. Click here to visit his creative TpT site.
Thank you to Sarah Pecorino Illustration for the commercial right to use her clipart. Click here to visit her wonderful TpT site.
Terms of Use – copyright ©Catherine Skye All rights to this product are reserved by author. This authorizes one teacher to use this product. If you want to share it with other teachers, please purchase a license to share this work. Copying by more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited UNLESS you purchase a license. Clipart and elements found in this PDF and others on my site are from the public domain unless otherwise noted. All products on my site are intended for classroom and personal use and may not be digitally copied for reuse in any form. Any misuse is considered copyright infringement and violates the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
