Ashley's Learning Lab

Do you want a fun way to get your students engaged in physics all around them? This Physics-a-thon is a great way to end the school year on a fun note, while encouraging teamwork and deep critical thinking! Students will work in groups to design a game where the players will be better if they know more physics. Then, groups will play each other's games in a fun competition and end the year with a written exam summarizing WHY they played the games the way they did. This project is best used in a

Can Your Team Have the Greatest Speed? The Best Velocity? The Fastest Acceleration?Using an obstacle course of your design, have your students race in groups while taking data on distance and time. Then, back in the classroom they will have to calculate speed, velocity, and acceleration of their group members. This is a great activity to get students moving, to build teamwork and collaboration, and to support knowledge in physics. This activity can fill a 90 minute period, but can also take les