Calculating Net Forces of Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Activities BUNDLE

Engage your students with this selection of fun and no- to low-prep activities on resultant forces that have them practice calculating the net force and identifying its direction from examples of balanced and unbalanced force pairs. This bundle contains two resources: an active, printable around-the-room scavenger hunt that also includes a version for Google Forms™, and a fun digital escape room for Google Sheets™.

Standards:

Supplemental Activity for NGSS MS-PS2-2: Force and Motion,TEKS 6.8B and TEKS 8.6A, and VA SOL.PS.8.b and VA SOL.PH.3.a.

Read on to find out more about the included activities:

✨ Net Force Calculation Digital Escape Room Activity

This is an engaging and self-checking, no-prep task that helps your students review how to identify the net force acting on objects by considering all forces shown in a diagram.

The Google Sheet™ activity is self-checking. Correct answers open the locks. Once all three locks in a row have been opened, the next three questions are revealed. Opening the last row of locks will reveal a final riddle that students have to solve to complete the escape room.

Two versions, each with twelve problems are included in this resource. Answer keys are provided. Printable and digital recording sheets are also included to help your students keep track. Each version comes with a write-in (students type their answers into the answer boxes) and a drop-down option (students select their answers from a list of available answers).

***Please ensure that your district allows access the use of Google Sheets™.***

If you have not created a free Google account, you will need to do so before using this activity. To use the resource as intended, your students will also need their own Google account.

If assigning the activity on Google Classroom, make sure you select ‘make a copy for each student’. If you are using a different platform, please ensure that students are working on their own copy of the activity.

✨ Net Force Calculation Scavenger Hunt Digital and Printable Activity

This printable and digital scavenger hunt is an engaging and student-led, low- to no-prep task on finding the net force. There are twelve questions on printable station cards included (three printing options). A digital version for Google Forms™ is also provided.

✨What’s Included✨

• 12 printable scavenger hunt station cards in 3 color options (color, B&W, low-ink)
• Access file for digital version of scavenger hunt (for Google Forms™)
• Printable and digital recording sheet to help your students keep track
• Answer Key