For volunteer adult coaches and educators, this activity can be a great team building activity as well as a way to connect to Florida Science Standards. Please see below different lessons plans and activities you can use to extend your youth's learning on different science, math, and engineering concepts.
SC.1.P.12.1 - Demonstrate and describe the various ways that objects can move, such as in a straight line, zigzag, back-and-forth, round-and-round, fast, and slow.
Related Student CPALMS Student Tutorial - Circus of Movement: https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/176010
SC.2.P.13.4 - Demonstrate that the greater the force (push or pull) applied to an object, the greater the change in motion of the object.
Related Student CPALMS Student Tutorial - Forces on the Playground - https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/194791
SC.2.P.13.1 Investigate the effect of applying various pushes and pulls on different objects.
Related Student CPALMS Student Tutorial - Pets, Pushes, and Pulls - https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/195748
SC.5.P.13.3 - Investigate and describe that the more mass an object has, the less effect a given force will have on the object's motion.
Related Student CPALMS Student Tutorial - I Sense a Disturbance in the Force and Motion https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/196316
SC.6.P.13.3 - Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion, or both.
Related Student CPalms Student Tutorial - Unbalanced Forces for the Win - https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/189232#
MA.912.T.2.1 - Given any positive or negative angle measure in degrees or radians, identify its corresponding angle measure between 0° and 360° or between 0 and 2π. Convert between degrees and radians.
Related Student CPALMS Tutorial - Ferris Wheel Measures
Check out these resources developed by Heather Kent, Ph.D., Regional Specialized 4-H Agent IV for the North Florida Fair STEM Challenge
Geared toward youth ages 8-14.
Students will learn about how weight impacts a structure.
Lesson Plan Link: https://tryengineering.org/teacher/lesson-plans/critical-load/#related-fields