STEM Activity Newton's Cradle Challenge
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Here's a perfect way to learn about Newton's 3rd Law. This upper elementary STEM Challenge is a student favorite and easy prep for you. Editable lab sheets are included and will guide students through the design process.
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New to the resource- simplified lab sheets in 2 formats, new photos, and two forms for the constraints of the task.
Note: This challenge is available as part of money-saving bundles!
What is the challenge?
Students will use materials to design and create a Newton’s Cradle. In this event, students will review what they know about the laws of motion- especially the third law. Students will have to build the frame for the device, a way to attach strings to the marbles, and a way to attach strings to the frame. This can include measuring as the length of the strings is a factor.
What is your prep?
You will need supplies in addition to this package. This includes craft sticks, straws or beads, masking tape, marbles, string, low-temp glue guns, and glue- one glue gun per team. The option of using low-temp glue for the assembly is yours to make. You may want to ask for parental help in your classroom- depending on the age of your students.
NOTE: This was tested with fifth graders and is recommended for that age group or older students. This is an amazing challenge, but it is a challenge. It may take many tries to get the strings attached and working. Students will love the task and cheer when their device works - even if it works imperfectly!
The package specifically includes:
- Cover
- Teacher background
- Materials and preparation page
- 9 pages of teacher directions
- Constraints list in 2 styles
- A special page of information about Newton’s Laws of Motion
- 5 pages of photographs
- Student lab sheet in 2 versions
- Scoring rubric
- Terms of Use page
- Forms for this challenge are provided in an editable format!
- Student answer sheets are not included, but samples from student work are included in the teacher direction pages.
- The page count listed for this package includes everything.
This challenge will need 1 - 2 class sessions to complete. We needed two full-class sessions to complete this project.
This challenge works perfectly with these Newton challenges:
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NEWTON'S LAWS
The simplified version of the third law is: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
So How Does This Apply to Newton’s Cradles?
This is easily demonstrated with a purchased Newton’s Cradle. We had to drop one marble, then 2, then 3, and then 4 to get every student to see that the force is always equal and works the same on opposite sides. Building a Newton’s cradle is the perfect item to share with the third law of motion.
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