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Pi-Day Catapult — Optimize Angle & Tension (Predict vs. Measure) | MS–HS NGSS
Description (NGSS included) Celebrate Pi-Day with a data-driven projectile challenge! Students tune angle and tension on a simple launcher, then predict vs. measure range and compute percent error. Teams graph Range vs. Angle (and optional Range vs. Pullback) and explain results with CER. 🧠📈 🔬 Investigate: hold one variable constant to fairly test the other. 🧮 Model: use a calibration shot or R ≈ (v²·sin(2θ))/g to predict. 📊 Analyze: compare predicted vs. measured; percent error
3rd - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Simple Machine Theme Park Project for Physical Science: STEAM 4th-12th
Looking for a simple machine project that actually excites your students while covering real content? This creative thinking, drawing, and writing assignment for grades 4 through 12 combines writing, art, and science into one engaging theme park activity that works perfectly for your simple machines unit as group work or individual assignments.📋 What's Included:Ready to print student project plans1 completion checklist for students1 grading rubric1 teacher instruction guide💛 Why You'll Love It
4th - 12th
Creative Writing, Physical Science, Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-2
, 5-PS2-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Ohm’s Law & Circuits Lab (V=IR) Series Parallel KVL KCL Power LED + Key
This is the electric circuits lab that actually teaches students how to measure like physicists—not just plug numbers into formulas. In Ohm’s Law and Simple Circuits, students learn to use a multimeter correctly, verify V = IR with a clean V vs. I graph (slope = resistance), then build and analyze series, parallel, and mixed circuits using Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL) and Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL).It’s perfect for Physics / AP Physics 1 and comes with strong teacher support, expected result
9th - 12th
Close Reading, Physics
NGSS
HS-PS2-6
Conservation of Energy Lab Ramp & Marble (Projectile Method) HS-PS3-1 + Key
This is the Conservation of Energy lab that actually feels like real physics: students convert gravitational PE → KE, measure exit speed using projectile motion, calculate energy efficiency, and use graphs to extract meaning from data (slope = efficiency!). It’s hands-on, quantitative, and perfect for Physics / AP Physics 1—with built-in troubleshooting, expected results, and a full answer key so it runs smoothly.✅ Grades 9–12 / AP Physics 1 | 2–3 class periods | Pairs or groups of 3✅ Indirect v
9th - 12th
Physics
NGSS
HS-PS3-1
Newton’s Second Law Lab F=ma (Cart & Pulley) Graphing + Error Analysis + Key
This is the Newton’s 2nd Law lab that actually produces clean, meaningful graphs and teaches students how experimental physics works (controls, linearization, and real error sources). Students verify F = ma by independently varying net force and total mass using an Atwood-style cart-and-pulley system—then graph relationships, interpret slopes, calculate % error, and extend the lab with a friction correction.Unlike “plug-and-chug” worksheets, this investigation trains the exact skills that show u
9th - 12th
Physics
NGSS
HS-PS2-1
Free Fall Kinematics Lab: Measure g, Graph d vs t², Air Resistance + Answer Key
Make kinematics hands-on, visual, and AP Physics–ready with this Motion & Kinematics: Free Fall Lab. Students measure real free-fall times from multiple heights, calculate experimental g, and then do what strong physics students must learn: use graphs to linearize a non-linear relationship by plotting d vs. t² and extracting g from the slope.This lab also includes an engaging “why the model breaks” extension with air resistance and terminal velocity using coffee filters—plus built-in error analy
9th - 12th
Physics
NGSS
HS-PS2-5
, HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
+3
Rocket WebQuest: Interactive Research Adventure into the Science of Rockets
Launch your students into the world of rockets, space exploration, and aerospace engineering with this Rocket WebQuest. This is a fun and engaging digital research activity that’s perfect for upper elementary, middle school, or early high school STEM classes. Students will explore trusted online resources to answer guided questions tied to real-world rocket science and space history. What’s Included: Ready-to-use Rocket WebQuest Worksheet (editable Google Doc) Guided research questions coverin
4th - 12th, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physics
Standing Waves Lab on a String (Harmonics) v=fλ v=√(T/μ) Graphing + Key
This is the standing waves + harmonics lab that finally makes wave equations feel real. Students create clear standing wave patterns, identify nodes and antinodes, calculate wavelength for each harmonic (λ = 2L/n), verify that harmonic frequencies are integer multiples of the fundamental (fₙ = n·f₁), and show that wave speed stays constant across harmonics (v = fλ).Then the lab goes one step deeper (and more AP Physics-ready): students vary tension, calculate v = √(T/μ), graph v vs √T, and use t
9th - 12th
Physics
NGSS
HS-PS4-1
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