Students explore the three laws that govern all motion — from a rolling ball to a rocket launch — discovering how force, mass, and motion connect through Newton’s famous laws.
Students will be able to…
Why do you lurch forward when a car brakes, and how does a rocket push itself through empty space? Three laws explain all of it.
Project this and tap each of Newton’s three laws. Have students record what it says and find a real-world example.
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Why do you lurch when a car stops — and how do rockets work?
Students investigate.
Teacher explains.
Apply.
Three quick checks.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving colliding objects.
Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in motion depends on the sum of forces and the mass.
Construct explanations relating kinetic energy to mass and speed.
Integrate quantitative information with text in a model.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students build a balloon rocket on a string and explain how Newton’s third law makes it move. A printable rocket-lab sheet is in the Science library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.