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Forces & Motion Tug of War PHET Lab Worksheet MS-PS2-2

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Mrs Nelson's Middles
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My students and I absolutely loved this resource! It was a great activity that kept my students engaged :)
I love that this provides students a visual on how tug a war is connected to forces and motions. It is game like to catch more students interest!

Description

Description:

Do you need a way for your students to explore balanced and unbalanced forces? This PHET Simulation is the perfect solution! Students are able to explore and observe balanced forces, unbalanced forces, and net force. This activity is aligned to MS-PS2-2 and is a great introductory lesson!

What's Included:

  • Link to PHET Simulation
  • Teacher directions
  • Student handout (two versions: one for science note booking and one for students to record on)
  • Editable PowerPoint slides to guide the lesson
  • Editable Google slides to guide the lesson
  • Link to a Net Force Quizizz (practice for students)

How I Like to Use This Product:

This is a great introductory lesson to balanced and unbalanced forces. I enjoy not giving my students any prior knowledge so that they can use the PHET simulation to explore these concepts and come up with their own definitions of balanced and unbalanced forces.

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Total Pages
10 pages
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Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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NGSSMS-PS2-2
Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units. Assessment is limited to forces and changes in motion in one-dimension in an inertial reference frame, and to change in one variable at a time. Assessment does not include the use of trigonometry.

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