Newton's Laws of Motion NGSS Project

This project will help students test Newton's laws of motion by solving a real life problem. This NGSS MS PS2 1 aligned project will have students create a protective cell phone cover to stop cracks and breaking. This force and motion project will motivate students to test their knowledge of Newton's laws to solve everyday problems.

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Students will

• Use materials to construct a cellphone case that will protect their phone when dropped.
• Design within a budget to solve problems.
• Test their cellphone cases to see who could stay within the budget to create the best protection for their cell phone while demonstrating knowledge of Newton's first, second, and third laws of motion.
• Note: REAL cell phones are NOT used. Ceramic tiles or something in your classroom will take the phone's place during this Newton's laws lab.

This force and motion lesson includes:

• Sneak Peek into My Classroom: Teacher instructions on implementing this project in your science classroom.
• Student project worksheets: Five pages of material to walk students through brainstorming, designing, recording data, and conclusion questions to connect to Newton's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws of motion.
• Student "Cheat Sheet": This sheet is great for differentiation. It helps struggling learners connect to Newton's laws of Motion and to unbalanced and balanced forces, mass, acceleration, action, and reaction force pairs.
• Rubric to assess student knowledge

How to use this activity in your classroom:

• Science station
• Culminating activity
• Project
• Assessment grade
• Homework assignment
• Enrichment
• Science club
• Alternative assessment

Teacher feedback:

• My students loved and were engaged in all of the activities! Great way to apply the concepts in our science curriculum!
• This worked well in my class. I have many ELL students and many IEP students.
• Great for allowing student choice.

Other force and motion lessons and activities to support this unit:

• Anchor Chart Posters
• Force worksheets
• 1st law of motion
• Second Law Worksheet
• 2nd Law FREEBIE
• Third law hands-on activity
• Graphic Organizer
• Force and Motion Digital Escape Room
• Review Game

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