Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab
A Middle School Survival Guide
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th
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11 pages
A Middle School Survival Guide
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I really appreciated the directions that went with this lab and how easy it was to use. My students could easily understand the packets that they were working through and they liked the challenge of collecting the data.
This activity really kept my students engaged! They even asked for additional types of sports balls to experiment with! I love products where students are learning without realizing it!!
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★ ★ Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab ★ ★
The purpose of this "lab" activity is to evaluate kinetic and potential changes in a bouncing tennis ball, golf ball, and ping-pong ball. About This Activity:
The three page lab prompts students to create a hypothesis, follow procedures, record data, answer analysis questions, and write a conclusion.
This mini-lab activity is organized for the middle school students to focus on compiling data, applying learned vocabulary(Kinetic Energy & Potential Energy) in the short analysis section, and writing a conclusion.
An optional feature of the lab may be for students to record results using an iPad "slo-mo", slow motion, feature to achieve more accurate observations of the rebound height of the balls.
Included In This Product:
♦Teacher Guide (2 pages)
♦Lab Version #1 (3 pages): lists the featured three objects to drop: tennis ball, golf ball, and ping pong ball.
♦Lab Version #2 (3 pages): has blank spaces for three chosen objects to be used. This allows for student-choice to choose sports balls such as baseballs, basketballs, soccerballs, softballs, bouncyballs, etc. etc.
♦Technology Tips Handout (1 page): to review the features of recording in slow motion on an iPad or iPhone when/if using technology with this lab.
Additional lab materials needed include:
♦ this lab report
♦ tennis ball, golf ball, ping pong ball, meter stick, and calculator (1 of each per lab group.. the smaller the lab group the better if you have the materials available).
♦OR three sports balls of your choice (baseball, softball, soccer ball, basketball, etc.)
Activity Procedures:
Student partners will take turns hold a meter stick vertically, dropping a tennis ball, and observing/measuring the height of the rebound. The students will complete three trials of each item and calculate the average.
Credits:
♦ ruler graphics were purchased from Zip A Dee Doo Dah Designs.
♦ sports graphics were purchased from The Learning Site.
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Related Products:
View all my available science labs by clicking here.
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The purpose of this "lab" activity is to evaluate kinetic and potential changes in a bouncing tennis ball, golf ball, and ping-pong ball. About This Activity:
The three page lab prompts students to create a hypothesis, follow procedures, record data, answer analysis questions, and write a conclusion.
This mini-lab activity is organized for the middle school students to focus on compiling data, applying learned vocabulary(Kinetic Energy & Potential Energy) in the short analysis section, and writing a conclusion.
An optional feature of the lab may be for students to record results using an iPad "slo-mo", slow motion, feature to achieve more accurate observations of the rebound height of the balls.
Included In This Product:
♦Teacher Guide (2 pages)
♦Lab Version #1 (3 pages): lists the featured three objects to drop: tennis ball, golf ball, and ping pong ball.
♦Lab Version #2 (3 pages): has blank spaces for three chosen objects to be used. This allows for student-choice to choose sports balls such as baseballs, basketballs, soccerballs, softballs, bouncyballs, etc. etc.
♦Technology Tips Handout (1 page): to review the features of recording in slow motion on an iPad or iPhone when/if using technology with this lab.
Additional lab materials needed include:
♦ this lab report
♦ tennis ball, golf ball, ping pong ball, meter stick, and calculator (1 of each per lab group.. the smaller the lab group the better if you have the materials available).
♦OR three sports balls of your choice (baseball, softball, soccer ball, basketball, etc.)
Activity Procedures:
Student partners will take turns hold a meter stick vertically, dropping a tennis ball, and observing/measuring the height of the rebound. The students will complete three trials of each item and calculate the average.
Credits:
♦ ruler graphics were purchased from Zip A Dee Doo Dah Designs.
♦ sports graphics were purchased from The Learning Site.
*****************************************************************************
Related Products:
View all my available science labs by clicking here.
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Total Pages
11 pages
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