Inertia and Newton’s First Law Lab

Description

Inertia Lab Preview

SNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students’ understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.

SNAPs lab activities have five components:
• Science Skills Station to develop science skill proficiency
• Narrative Station to build science literacy
• Assessment Station to evaluate learning and understanding
• Problem-Solving Station to foster engineering design
• Synthesis Station and Project to inspire higher-order learning

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DIGITAL LABORATORY – DISTANCE LEARNING & DIGITAL CLASSROOMS
• This lab is offered in a digital format to support digital classrooms & distance learning.
• The digital lab activity is designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
• The digital lab activity CANNOT be edited. However:
– Students can manipulate text boxes
– Students can create tables, graphs and diagrams
– Students can insert images and drawings

GOOGLE FORM ASSESSMENT STATION
• The assessment station is offered as a self-grading Google Form.
• Questions are all short answer and are 100% editable.
• Suggestions for use are included in the download.

DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBILITY
SNAPs lab activities are rated for their ease with distance – independent learning. Refer to the preview for more information about how well this laboratory works in a fully digital classroom and with distance learning.

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EDITABLE DOCUMENTS
This download includes an editable word document (docx file) of all lab components:
• Pre-Lab and Post-Lab Activities
• The Lab Overview
• Lab Station Activities and Questions
• Directed Synthesis Project (when applicable)

Important Notes:
• Diagrams, illustrations, tables and graphs essential to lab activities are included
• Illustrative clipart is NOT included
• Editable documents and rubrics are included with the FREE SNAPs Setup Guide

Editable files allow you to:
• Edit the scope of the activities so to suit your students’ needs
• Edit the materials required based on resource availability
• Create single-period “mini-labs” using activities at the individual skills stations

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The activities at each station in this lab are detailed below.

Newton’s 1st Law and Inertia Stations Activity Learning Objectives
1. Discuss Newton’s First Law of Motion
2. Apply Newton’s First Law of Motion to explain inertia.
3. Apply ideas about inertia to explain how seatbelts keep a person secure inside a vehicle during a collision.

Science Skills Station
Students will graph the stopping distance for a vehicle as the speed of the vehicle increases. They will analyze the graph in order to explain how an object’s inertia changes as its motion changes.

Narrative Station
Students will read an informational text about inertia and answer questions about the text. Students will also a short video about inertia and apply ideas about these concepts to explain what is happening in the video.

Assessment Station
At this station, students will answer questions about key terms and ideas relating to Newton’s First Law of Motion and inertia. Students must employ lower, mid and higher order thinking skills to answer these questions.

Problem-Solving Station
At this station, students will identify problems, analyze solutions and pose better solutions to keep people safe inside a vehicle during a car crash. Students will watch a video about car crashes and the use of seatbelts and airbags. Students will evaluate the use of seatbelts and airbags. They will propose solutions that could better keep a driver and passengers safe inside a car during a car crash.

Synthesis Station
Students will compose a CER (claim-evidence-reasoning) report to summarize the lab. Students are provided the claim statement and must support the claim with observations, data and other information gathered in the lab. Students will explain how the evidence supports the claim using scientific reasoning.

Synthesis Project
Students will have a choice of 11 projects. Refer to the SNAPs Lab Stations Best Practices and Setup Guide for directions and suggestions on how to conduct the project.

Directed Synthesis Project
Students can conduct one of the 11 standard synthesis projects, but I strongly suggest using the directed synthesis project to best summarize the information in this lab. In the directed project, students will employ the engineering design process to design, build and test a safety device that keeps an egg safe during a collision (“car crash”). Students will use household materials or materials provided by the teacher to build a car and safety device inside the car. Students can manipulate the design of the car and safety device with the goal of preventing the egg from breaking during a car crash.

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This download includes:
• A pre-lab assignment and post-lab reflection
• Directions and questions for each lab station
• Student recording sheets
• Teacher Key

Additional Materials Required:
Graph Paper
3 Computers
If performing the directed synthesis project in class you will also need:
Cardboard
Buttons
Straws
Coffee stirrers
Newspaper
Popsicle sticks and/or pipe cleaners
Rubber bands
Tape or other adhesive
Eggs

LINKS TO VIDEOS
This laboratory requires internet to access videos. Videos are hosted on SafeShare.TV so to safely watch and share educational YouTube videos without ads, comments and other distractions. Shortened and full link(s) to SafeShare.TV included. Full link to original YouTube video(s) included.

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
This laboratory does not address a specific Next Generation Science Standard, but it complements NGSS concepts. It combines the three dimensions of science learning – science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts – in order to meet the standard. This laboratory also makes interdisciplinary connections to STEM, Math CCSS and ELA CCSS to build the appropriate skills.

TERMS OF USE
• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.
• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.
• Intended for classroom and personal use only.
• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.
• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.
• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).