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This product includes student lab directions and a performance assessment rubric connected to MS-PS2-1 (Applying Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects). Students roll cars down a ramp into a wooden block. Students then use common classroom materials to design a bumper at attach to the front of the car to make the block go less far. Comparison of bumper designs and group data is essential in this lab. This project includes use of all

MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. Materials: ramps, carts, timers, meter sticks, books (for ramp angle) In this lab, students will calculate the KE of a cart as it rolls down a ramp. Specifically they will change the release point (IV) and measure its effect on the KE (DV). They are actually changing the objects Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE), but that discussi

Students will understand the difference between speed and velocity. Students create a walking course out of meter sticks and measure the time it takes to walk it. The distance they walked is greater than the displacement and learn the difference when they calculate the speed and velocity of their motions. MS-PS3-1. Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. This Lab takes place before