Posted by, Alyssa Costantino

Standards:

• K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull

• 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/newtons-laws-of-motion-video-for-kids/

Summary: This is an excellent resource for teachers to use as a lesson and/or activity guide. This resources provides a highly interactive and engaging video for students to follow along with. The video dives deep into all three of Newton's laws and provides real life examples.

Focus Questions:

• What are some forces that cause objects to move?

• What happens when two objects collide?

• What happens when you throw something heavy vs. when you throw something light?

Posted by: Vanessa Turner

Standards:

• K-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object

• K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull

Summary: This video poses the question "Which ball should Ruff Ruffman use to win the plushie?". To solve this problem, the video illustrates the testing process that students go through to test the three ball options in order to find the ball that has the best chances of knocking down all of the bottles. Students are given a look at how to create an investigation to solve a problem, and discusses the importance of having constants in an experiment to make sure the measurements are accurate.

Focus Questions:

• How did Ruff use data to figure out the best kind of ball to use?

• How did the kids in the video collect data to help Ruff?

• What does it mean when the kids did a test?

Posted by: Emma Graczyk

Standards:

• K-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object

• K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull

Summary: These demonstrations led by the teacher for whole group learning or played in small groups can be scaffolded by level to fit each group of students. In each demonstration, a challenge is given to experiment with the way that lids move across the table to hit specific spots on the table. Using challenge cards, students can practice using various types of force and direction to guide their lids. After the game is played, teacher and students debrief about what techniques worked for them, and what types of forces they used to make their lid move where they wanted it to.

Focus Questions:

• What did you try to move the lid to the finish line?

• What worked well for moving the lid? Strong pushes or weak pushes? Pushing left, right, or straight ahead? What about bounces?

• How does the direction of the lid change when it bounces off the box?

• What kinds of pushes helped move the lid to the star? To the finish?

• What happened when the lid bounced off a box?

• How could we move the lid to the finish? Strong pushes or weak pushes? What about bouncing the lid off boxes? What else did we try? What worked well? What did you change?

• In real life, where have you seen an object bounce off something and change direction?

Posted by: Emma Graczyk

Standards:

• PS2.A Forces and Motion

• PS2.B Types of Interactions

Description: This website has several models to introduce physical science vocabulary words to students in Kindergarten. The goal is to help students understand the basic idea of matter, force and motion, and energy. The activities provide real life examples students would be able to relate to.

Focus Questions:

• What are some vocabulary words used to describe what physical science is?

• What are different states of matter?

• As scientists, how can we learn about matter?

Posted by: Shannon Kelley

Standards:

• 3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object

• 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

Summary: Students discuss the concept of forces within air by attempting to balance a ball in mid-air. Students learn about Bernoulli's principle, which helps to explain how the ball is able to balance on the air column of the hair dryer, along with the concepts of everyday forces that act on the ball.

Focus Questions:

• What force pushes the ball up? What force pulls the ball down?

• What force keeps the ball in the air column over the hair dryer?

• If you watch closely, does the ball seem to try to move sideways and get pushed or pulled back? Why doesn't the ball just slip sideways and fall off the air that is holding it up?

• How can you make the ball fall sideways without touching it?

• When two balls are balanced in the same stream of air, why do you think they continuously change position and float at different distances from the hair dryer?

Posted by: Emma Graczyk

Standards:

• K-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object

• K-PS2-2 Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or pull

• 3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object

Summary: This Tim and Moby video explains Newton's law using visual representation and examples while also putting it into kid-friendly language. The video is engaging and provides clear and accurate information to best explain Newton's three laws. This video would be a great introductory video and would be helpful to use before doing any experiments related to forces and motions.

Science Practices:

• Asking Questions and Defining Problems (What are the three laws of motion?)

• Planning and Carrying out Investigations (Moby pushing Tim down the skate ramp)

• Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information (The entire video is an example of scientists sharing their information with other scientists)

Focus Questions:

• Who discovered the three laws of motion?

• What is force? When is force unbalanced?

• What are some examples of force in the video?

• Where can we see Newton's three laws in our own lives?

Posted by: Avery Ward

• Standard:

  • 3-PS2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

• DCI:

  • PS2.A: Forces and Motion

    • The patterns of an object's motion in varoius situations can be observed and measured; when that past motion exibits a regular pattern, future motion can be predicted from it.

• Science and Engineering Practices

  • Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

• Cross-Cutting Concept:

  • Patterns

Summary:

Students think about motion that they have seen before, as well as observe and identify repeating patterns of motion. Students also recognize that the force of friction resisting an object's motion an explain why the object slows or stops. They explore evidence for heat as a product of friction.

Focus Questions:

• What is friction?

• What is the relationship between string length and motion for pendalums?

• How does rubbing two sticks together cause a fire to start?

• What are some examples of very fast motions? What are some of extremely slow motions?

Posted by: Jayla Johnson

• Standard:

  • 3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

• DCI:

  • PS2.A: Forces and Motion

• Science and Engineering Practices

  • Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

• Cross-Cutting Concept:

  • Cause and Effect

Summary:

This video summarizes simple machines. Students will conduct an investigation to see that wheels make moving an object from one place to another easier. Students will understand that simple machines make work easier, they have few or no moving parts, and they change direction of a force or the amount of force needed to do something.

Focus Questions:

• What is a simple machine?

• Why are simple machines important?

• How does a pulley help lift things?

• How does a lever help move heavy objects?

• How does the wheel and axel make it easier to move heavy objets?

• What are some examples of using a wedge?

Posted by: Jayla Johnson

• Standard:

  • K-PS2-1. Plan and condut an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

• DCI:

  • PS2.A: Forces and Motion

• Science and Engineering Practices

  • Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

• Cross-Cutting Concept:

  • Cause and Effect

Summary:

This video talks about gravity and how it is a force that pulls things down. No matter how heavy and object is or if its thrown, gravity pulls it to the Earth's surface. Students will plan and carry out and investigation that explores the effects of the pull of gravity on an object.

Focus Questions:

• What is gravity?

• What would happen without gravity?

• What are examples of objects that will fall down when dropped from a roof?

• What happens if you throw an egg into the air?

• How does gravity affect things that are thrown in different directions?

• What are some examples of things people could not do without the force of gravity?

Posted by: Jayla Johnson

• Standard:

  • K-PS2-1. Plan and condut an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

  • K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or pull.

• DCI:

  • S2.A: Forces and Motion

• Science and Engineering Practices

  • Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

• Cross-Cutting Concept:

  • Cause and Effect

Summary:

This video talks about how force is a push or pull that makes things move. It starts with engaging demonstrations involving forces. Then, students will be able to get hands-on with forces to experiment with pushes and pulls.

Focus Questions:

• Is the punching bag used by Dr. Jeff an example of push or pull?

• What is an example of using forces at a grocery store?

• How did Olivia use force with a basketball?

• When you are in a garden, how might you use a push or a pull?

• How can forces help you when you are playing a sport, like basketball, bowling, or soccer?

• How would your describe a force?

Posted by: Jayla Johnson

Description: This would be a great activity when discussing Issac Newton and his laws. I would use this In an elementary classroom when discussing the laws of motion. Students will create a foldable of Issac Newton. They will fold their paper In half vertically. After they will cut the paper have 4 slits creating the foldable (To save time you can premake the foldable part for students). For the top fold, students can Insert a picture of Issac Newton (draw or find online). On the opposite side, they can Include facts about Issac. Next, students will write law 1, law 2, and law 3. Students will flip It to the Inside and record the definition and an example. After creating this foldable students can paste It Into their science notebooks.

Alt: Instead of students creating them Individually you could also create a class one.

Posted by: Alyssa Costantino

Standard: 5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Description: This resource gives students a walkthrough of how gravity and energy transfer works by looking at a rollercoaster. Students read, watch a video, and work with a model to get an understanding of the different types of energy that are located at each point of rollercoaster. Matching games, written responses, and a final assignment allow for students to record their answers at each step of the learning process.

Focus Questions:

• How are the different types of energy present in a roller coaster ride mea- sured?

• How does energy change form during a roller coaster ride?

Posted by: Emma Graczyk

Standards:

• 3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object

• 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion

Summary: This video is all about gravity and Sir Isaac Newton. This video goes into all the details about gravity and how it affects the world around us. It also talks about how gravity works within the solar system. It then goes on to talk about Isaac Newton and how he was able to discover gravity. This video has great graphics and uses good kid-friendly language.

Science Practices:

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Cross-Cutting Concepts:

• Cause and Effect

• Energy and Matter

• Patterns

Nature of Science Concepts :

• Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence

• Scientific models, laws, mechanisms, and theories explain natural phenomena

• Science is a way of knowing

• Science is a human endeavor

• Science addresses questions about the natural and material world

Focus Questions:

• Who was Isaac Newton?

• What is gravity?

• How do we interact with gravity?

Posted by: Avery Ward

Standards:

• 3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object

• 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion

Summary: This video covers all the different types of positions and motions. It uses graphics to demonstrate these different types and has someone perform the experiment as well, using a bunch of different objects. This video is very informative and provides a lot of great visuals that vary from real-life examples to animated ones.

Science Practices:

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

Cross-Cutting Concepts:

• Cause and Effect

• Patterns

• Energy and Matter

The Nature of Science Concepts:

• Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence

• Scientific models, laws, mechanisms, and theories explain natural phenomena

• Science is a way of knowing

• Science is a human endeavor

• Science addresses questions about the natural and material world

Focus Questions:

• What are the different motions?

• What are the different positions?

• How do positions and motions interact?

Posted by: Avery Ward

Description:

This video explains how the different forces are at play when we play! SciShow Kids takes the viewer through a couple different pieces of playground equipment and how different forces are acted upon them, including friction and gravity.

Focus Questions:

• How does friction work?

  • What, in your classroom, could cause friction?

• Why do water slides make you go faster?

• Do you need two people in order to make the swing move? Why or why not?

Posted by Gracie Bostwick