Description
Students will label the parts of a spring scale, discuss what it measures, and use the instrument to weigh common classroom supplies. There are also reflection questions to complete at the conclusion of the lab to encourage class discussions and participation.
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Grades
5th - 7th
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NGSSMS-PS2-2
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2
Teaching Duration
1 hour
Description
Students will label the parts of a spring scale, discuss what it measures, and use the instrument to weigh common classroom supplies. There are also reflection questions to complete at the conclusion of the lab to encourage class discussions and participation.
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My students enjoyed using the spring scale to measure many of the objects on the list. I wish that I could modify the items to measure because my spring scales were only calibrated up to 2.5 Newtons so many of the measurements maxed out the scale and didn't give us accurate measures. This is not the author's fault, but it would have been nice to be able to edit the list.
My students really enjoyed the resource.
This was a GREAT resource. My students loved it and learned so much from this! Thank you soooo much!!
Great introductory practice for my 5th grade students!
Great activity to prepare students on how to use scientific equipment.
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NGSSMS-PS2-2
Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units. Assessment is limited to forces and changes in motion in one-dimension in an inertial reference frame, and to change in one variable at a time. Assessment does not include the use of trigonometry.
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