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Free physics projects
Super Science Experiments
Looking to spruce up your science curriculum, or have an AWESOME science fair project well you have come to the right place!
This collection of truly Super Science Experiments is just for you! It contains chemistry experiments, experiments on matter, physics, and much more!
Includes:
- 70+ science experiments and demo guides
- detailed descriptions
- pictures of experiments
- material lists
These are only the experiments I thought would be the absolute coolest ones and that students wou
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PreK - 8th
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Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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STEM Egg Drop Challenge
Purpose: Use the concepts of inertia, force, speed, acceleration, and Newton’s Laws, as well as internet research and prototype testing to design a container that will protect a raw egg from breaking.
Challenge: Design and build a container, using a budget, that will protect a raw egg from breaking when dropped from 2 meters off the ground, then 3 meters, then 4 meters, and so on. The winning team is the one that protects the egg from the highest drop using the least amount of money.
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5th - 8th
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Building Catapults: Project and Lab Report Outline with Rubric
My Physics students’ favorite project is building a catapult –it’s almost a rite of passage for Physics students! Here is a free, editable template to organize a project in which students will:
• research and design a projectile launcher (catapult, ballista, trebuchet, etc.) that converts either elastic potential energy or gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy to launch the projectile
• document the building process
• calibrate the launcher to hit targets at various distances
• des
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10th - 12th
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Stop Motion Animation Activity
Combine storytelling with STEM! Students choose from three STEM scenarios to create a stop motion animation video. Instructions are provided on how to use a free Chromebook extension to setup a stop motion activity. The same activities can be completed with iPads or Kindles with a stop motion app. Materials required are Chromebooks, trifold boards for a backdrop, and action figures or other movie props. Stikbots are the perfect action figure to use!Click here for an editable STEM journal to use
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Basics of Makey Makey: STEM Activity
If you haven't already discovered Makey Makey, stop everything and watch this video! These little circuit boards bring together coding, invention, creativity, and electronics. Just plug into any computer, and with no software download required, watch as your students turn conductive items (PlayDoh, oranges, pencil lead) into a controller that replaces a keyboard or mouse! We love using these with from elementary all the way to high school! Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with dist
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Rube Goldberg Machine Project
My students really enjoy this project at the end of the year. It really hits on the Engineering standards for NGSS. The students build a Rube Goldberg machine that can pop a balloon. Students must use higher level thinking to come up with a successful design.
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5th - 10th
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Renewable Energy STEM Challenge Design a Sailing Ship Lab Using Wind Power
For this STEM Challenge, students must design and test a sailing ship in a tub of water to deliver a marshmallow passenger safely to the other side using a handheld fan as wind. This is the perfect science lab experiment to complete around Thanksgiving as you learn about the voyage of the Mayflower and the Plymouth colony. It also works well as part of a unit on wind power and renewable energy. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities3 slides of
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Build a Catapult Game STEM Challenge with just PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS
Explore forces & motion, simple machines, trajectories, projectile motion, potential and kinetic energy, energy transfer, inertia, gravitational forces, and more with this versatile catapult STEM challenge. AMAZING RESULTS WITH JUST PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS! You can follow all instructions on-screen or print them. This step by step project is a sampler of my more in-depth, open-ended project packets. All projects teach hands-on skills that empower students to explore and create. Start by m
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K - 12th
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-ETS1-4
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Paper Circuits STEM Activity
Paper circuits are a fun way to teach circuits and conductivity. Students use the easy-to-follow diagrams to create their own card that will light up! Instructions are in both English and Spanish. Materials needed: paper, copper tape, LED lights, coin batteries, and clear tape. Students can also use markers or crayons to decorate the card. Included are instructions for using paper circuits as a classroom project or part of a STEM Family Night.Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions
Solar Eclipse STEM Paper Circuit Card
Solar Eclipse STEM Paper Circuit Card - Freebie! Illuminate your students' understanding of solar eclipses with this engaging and educational Solar Eclipse Paper Circuit activity! This solar eclipse activity will teach students about the fascinating phenomenon of solar eclipses along with basic circuitry concepts. This STEM activity is perfect for a solar eclipse science lesson, solar eclipse family event, or at-home project!Paper circuits are a fun way to teach circuits and conductivity. Studen
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Not Grade Specific
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The Great Egg Drop Challenge
Students will create a device designed to protect a raw egg from breaking when dropped onto a hard surface. Teacher's guide included. This project can be done by group or individually. Students will apply knowledge of: gravity, forces, pushes, pulls, drag, inertia, acceleration, and mass
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3rd - 6th
Physics Full Year Lab Equipment and Material List
Here is the list of supplies I use for my physics classroom. You will notice that the list is very minimal and inexpensive. This list is based on my High School Physics Entire Year Lab Bundle.Despite not using the latest and greatest technology, I have found that students say labs are their favorite part of my class. At the same time, teachers save lots of time and energy, bynot worrying if the technology is working the way it should or not._______________________________________________________
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8th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-PS4-1
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Editable Newsletter and Study Notes: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Purpose of this product?
I created this product because I needed to give my students accurate and concise notes with a paper saving newsletter attached.
How can you edit this product?
Everything in here (pictures and text) can be moved and deleted. I have black and white versions in both power point 2003 and power point 2010.
What is included?
• There are 3 project ideas provided for this topic.
• There are 5 questions (correct answers are included).
• There are 15 defined vocabulary wor
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Not Grade Specific
Electricity & Magnetism Task Cards
Project-based Instruction task cards useful for science centers or rotating groups. Best if printed on card stock and then laminated for longer use.
Have a wonderful day!
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3rd - 6th
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States of Matter Project Rubric
States of Matter Project
Learning Goals:
• Students will understand that matter can be found in three forms or phases (solid, liquid, and gas).
• Using physical models, students will be able to explain the molecular behavior of ice, water, and water vapor.
Directions:
1. Create a diagram, craft, poster, or any visual of your choice representing an understanding on how particles (molecules) are arranged in Solids, Liquids and Gasses.
2. Choose materials like cheerios, fruit loops, cotton ball
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3rd - 6th
Sound Project Choice Board
This project choice board is an awesome way to have students review sound, how you hear sounds, sound waves, parts of a sound wave. This project choice board has 9 activities, such as create a test, creative writer, free thinker, make a model, writing a song, making study resources, be the teacher, draw a picture, and creating an experiment. Choice boards are a great way to differentiate instruction in your classroom!Includes:- choice board- directionsThis project choice board covers Georgia Per
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Sound Unit Bundle
Forces and Motion Egg Car STEM project FREE
This project is a perfect end of unit assessment or activity for the study of forces and motion. Students will create a car that will travel down a ramp holding a raw egg. The purpose of the project is to create a car that can protect the egg, while using Newton's Laws.
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3rd - 5th
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Pumpkin Catapult Design Challenge
This fun activity is great as an extension of your energy or physics unit, or as a part of a holiday week! Students do research on what makes a good catapult, cite their sources, and then begin building. I have found that using the candy corn pumpkins and materials like spoons and popsicle sticks are the most useful rather than building a large-scale catapult for a real pumpkin.
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5th - 12th
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Winter Holiday STEM Paper Circuit Cards
Winter Holiday STEM Paper Circuit Cards - Freebie! Paper circuits are a fun way to teach circuits and conductivity. Students use the easy-to-follow diagrams to create their own card that will light up! The download includes a card template with information for each holiday that covers: ChristmasHanukkahKwanzaaPlus a generic "happy holidays" snowman! Materials needed: paper, copper tape, LED lights, coin batteries, and clear tape. Students can also use markers or crayons to decorate the card. Inc
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Not Grade Specific
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Solar Eclipse Explorer Kit
Free Solar Eclipse Explorer Kit Many classrooms around the world are gearing up to view a spectacular event— the 2024 solar eclipse! To make this cosmic phenomenon an unforgettable and enriching experience for both educators and students, we are excited to share the best resources for celebrating the solar eclipse! In this free Solar Eclipse Explorer Kit we share a link to teacher slides, an editable note to families, and tons of resources to plan a solar eclipse party or celebrate in your clas
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Not Grade Specific
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Force STEM project edible car Force and Motion | Engineering Design Process
Looking for a fun way for students to use their knowledge of force, and Newton's laws, and practice their engineering skills? This zip line STEM engineering design process challenge will get your students designing, testing, investigating, thinking like a disciplinarian, and acting as engineers as they design, test, investigate, and improve their zip lines when they try and create an edible car that can move at least one meter.✎Print and digital versionsThis engineering design STEM project inclu
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6th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-3
Thermal Energy Project: Extreme Home Makeover Edition
Project: 15 days (45 min lessons)Groups of 4 - 6Level:Middle School - Grade 6th - 8thMedium difficultyObjectivesI will be able to understand how thermal energy can be transferred through matter and identify if it is a transfer of conduction, convection, or radiation. I can also predict how energy will transfer based on the 1st law of conservation of energy.Standards (TEKS)6.9(A) investigate methods of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation6.9(B) verify through i
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, 5-PS1-3
, 5-PS3-1
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-5
EGG DROP CHALLENGE: Physics (RUBRIC)
!! Use along with the Egg Drop Lab !!This rubric should be edited to meet your needs. The rubric gives you some freedom to make the lab longer or shorter. Suggestions:Short lab: Feel free to delete the poster or lab report components. Simply let the students make the egg drop device and answer some post-lab questions.Longer lab: This lab could be more intensive if you leave in the poster and lab report. Each group will report their findings to the class in a visual poster and in a formal lab rep
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9th - 12th
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