Station 1

Domino Tower
Materials:
 6 dominos
 2 textbooks
 1 ruler

Procedure:
1. Space the textbooks about 1 meter apart and lay them flat on the table. These will serve as a barrier.
2. Stack the 6 dominos in a tower (as pictured above) in between the two textbooks.
3. Place ruler against the bottom domino so that you hit it and the ruler clears the tower and comes out
on the other side of the stack.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

4. Record what you observe about the motion of the dominos.
5. What force pushes the bottom domino out?
6. What force pulls the domino tower downward?
7. Which of Newton’s Laws is demonstrated by the domino tower? How do you know?
 Station 2
Domino Ramp
Materials:
 1 domino
 1 textbook
 Pieces of wax paper and sandpaper

Procedure:
1. Place textbook flat on desk and open the cover to create a small ramp.
2. Hold the domino at the top of the ramp and let go. Observe how it moves down the ramp.
3. Place the wax paper on top of the ramp and tape it in place. Again, hold the domino at the top of the
ramp and let go. Observe its motion.
4. Repeat Step 3 with the sandpaper.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

5. Record what you observe about the motion of the domino with each of the 3 trials.
6. What is the difference between the 3 surfaces that causes the differences in the domino’s motion?
What is the name of this type of force?
7. There are 3 types of the force you named in your answer to question 2. Which type would this be an
example of?
 Station 3
Cup Tower
Materials:
 3 plastic cups
 2 index cards with yarn attached

Procedure:
1. Place a cup, then an index card, then a cup, another card, and a cup to create a tower like the one
above.
2. Pull both index cards out of the tower at the same time.
3. Observe the motion of the cups.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

4. Record what you observe about the motion of the cups once the cards are pulled out of the tower.
5. Explain why the cups moved the way they did.
6. Which of Newton’s Laws is demonstrated by the cup tower?
 Station 4
Define Problems
Materials:
 Chromebook

Procedure:
1. Watch this video: https://youtu.be/08BFCZJDn9w The narrator uses Newton’s First Law of Motion to
define the problem football player’s face on the field.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

2. Define another problem faced by people because of Newton’s First Law of Motion. Use the definition of
the law and the word inertia in your paragraph.
 Station 5
Develop and Use Models
Materials:
 Various objects

Procedure:
1. Use at least 3 materials provided to show Newton’s First Law of Motion.
*You cannot drop the items onto the floor and use the force of gravity to create your “motion”*

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

2. Draw a free body diagram of each object that shows each force acting on that object.
3. Explain how your example demonstrates Newton’s First Law of Motion.
 Station 6
Elbow-Coin Investigation
Materials:
 Coins
 Elbow

Procedure:
1. Use the stack of coins and your elbow to investigate Newton’s First Law.
2. Bend your elbow as if you were trying to touch your right hand to your right shoulder.
3. Place a coin on your elbow.
4. Quickly unbend your right elbow while trying to catch the coin with your right hand.
Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:
5. Why did this investigation work (or not work)?
6. Write a detailed paragraph that explains the results of your investigation. Include as much information
as possible to fully explain.
 Station 7
Inertia Comparison
Materials:
 Golf ball
 Whiffle ball

Procedure:
1. Analyze the mass and diameter of the golf ball. A golf ball has a mass of about 46 grams and a diameter
of 43 mm.
2. Compare it to the mass and diameter of the whiffle ball. A whiffle ball has a mass of about 4 grams and
a diameter of 43 mm.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

3. Describe which ball has the most inertia when hit with a golf club.
4. Interpret how mass is related to inertia. (In other words, come to a conclusion about how the mass of
each ball is related to the inertia after is it hit.)
 Station 8
Design a Solution
Materials:
 Toy car
 Various materials

Procedure:
1. Use the materials provided to design a solution to get your toy car from point A to point B as slowly as
possible.
2. Time your car and make adjustments after each trial.
3. Perform 5 trials.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

4. Record your procedure and data for the 5 trials you conduct.
5. Describe your final solution for getting your toy car from point A to point B as slowly as possible.
 Station 9
Developing and Using Models
Materials:
 Various

Procedure:
1. Use the materials provided to develop a model that shows how mass and force are related.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

2. Record 2 pieces of quantitative data.
3. Record 2 pieces of qualitative data.
 Station 10
Analyze and Interpret Data
Three objects, each with a different mass, were pulled across a
frictionless table. The same amount of force was used on each object.
Each objects’ acceleration was measured and graphed.
Station 10
Using Mathematics and Computational
Thinking
Ryan Shazier was a football linebacker
for the Steelers. On December 4, 2017, he
suffered a severe spinal injury during a
tackle attempt.

His mass is 104 kg, and his

acceleration at the time of injury is
estimated to have been 5 m/s².

Record answers to the questions below in

your notebook:
1. With what force did Ryan Shazier hit
John Malone? Show your work for
determining the force.
Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:
1. Match each graph above to the object pulled.
 Station 11
Classifying Examples
Instructions:
Determine whether the examples below demonstrate Newton’s 1st, 2nd , or 3rd Law. Record your answers in
your notebook.

Examples:
1. Acceleration of an object depends on its mass and size and direction of the force.
2. A kickball will not move until it is kicked.
3. You are standing on a moving bus. The bus driver makes a sudden stop, and you fly forward.
4. You are pushed back into your seat when an airplane takes off.
5. The Law of Inertia is also known as what law?
6. It takes less force to move a bicycle than a motorcycle.
7. You pull a tablecloth out from under dishes at dinner and the dishes do not move.
8. A racecar accelerates faster than a semi-truck.
9. A skateboarder hits a rock. The skateboard stops but the skateboarder flies forward.
10. Ski poles move backward as a skier is pushed forward.
11. A firefighter turns on a hose and is knocked backwards.
12. The wings of a bird push down as the bird moves up in the air.
13. It takes less force to push an empty stroller than a stroller with someone in it.
14. When you jump on a trampoline, you jump down and then you are pushed up into the air.
 Station 12
Balloon Rocket
Materials:
 Balloon
 String
 Straw

Procedure:
1. Blow up your balloon and hold the air in, but do not tie the open end.
2. Tape your balloon to the straw that is positioned on the string.
3. Let go of the end of your balloon and observe its motion.

Record answers to the questions below in your notebook:

4. Describe the motion of your balloon, what happened?
5. Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion is demonstrated here?
6. What do you think would make the balloon move faster?
 Station 13
Straw Rocket
Materials:
 Scissors, Tape, Pencil, Straw, Meter Stick, Rocket template

Procedure:
1. Cut out the rocket body rectangle. Wrap the rectangle around a pencil length-wise and tape the
rectangle so that it forms a tube.
2. Cut out the two fin units. Align the bottom of the bottom of the rectangle that extends between the fins
with the end of the rocket body and tape the fin to the body tube. Do the same with the second fin on
the opposite side of the rocket body making a “fin sandwich”.
3. Bend the fins on each fin unit 90 degrees so that they are each at a right angle to each other. When you
look down on the rocket body, the fins should form a “+” sign.
4. Twist the top of the rocket body into a nose cone around the sharpened end of your pencil.
5. Prepare your notebook data table before launching your Measure your nose cone from its base to its
tip and record the length in your notebook. rocket.
6. Once your notebook is prepped, secure your rocket onto a straw, be sure your launch area is clear of
people and hazards. Then, blow into the straw to launch your rocket! Record the distance the rocket
travels in your data table.
7. Modify the nose cone of your rocket and conduct more trials!

Record the following in your notebook:

8. Create a data table in your notebook that looks like the Straw Rocket Data Log example.
9. Measure your nose cone from its base to its tip and record the length in your data table.
10. Record distance data for each trial conducted.
11. What modifications make your rocket fly further?
12. Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion are demonstrated here?
 Station 14
F=ma
Instructions:
Solve the following problems in your notebook. Show your work!

1. An object with a mass of 2.0 kg accelerates 2.0 m/s² when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the
amount of the force?
2. An object accelerates 12.0 m/s² when a force of 6.0 N of force is applied to it. What is the mass of the
object?
3. An object with a mass of 2.0 kg has a force of 4.0 N applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of
the object?
4. What is the acceleration of a 0.30 kg ball that is hit with a force of 25 N?
5. How much force is needed to accelerate a 68 kg skier at a rate of 1.2 m/s²
6. What is the mass of an object that needs a force of 4,500 N to accelerate it at a rate of 5 m/s²
 Station 15
Net Force Equilibrium
Materials:
 Scissors
 Glue
 Copy of Net Force Equilibrium Hidden Message
Procedure:
1. Trim the paper and glue it into your notebook.
2. For each problem, solve for the missing force that would put the object in equilibrium.
3. Solve for the hidden message.
 Station 16
Catch Up!
Instructions:
Use this station to play catch up on any other stations you have not completed.