Studying and learning about momentum becomes especially vivid when imagining a student hurtling toward the ground without a parachute. In this extreme (and thankfully fictional) scenario, the student’s velocity increases as they fall, creating a massive amount of momentum due to their speed combined with their mass. By exploring such a dramatic example, middle and high school students can grasp how momentum works in real-life situations, from car crashes to sports collisions. Understanding these principles not only builds a solid foundation in physics and momentum but also highlights the importance of safety and responsible decision-making. With this in mind, let’s engage with this excellent learning resource!
This what the heck science - momentum case study provides the perfect resource that can help your students learn all about momentum through an excellent opening activity that is effectively structured. Then leading to an truly engaging set of stories of survivors from falling out of the sky unassisted and surviving. This brings real scientific learning in an authentic and unusual way. Then the closing activity is a reflection of the opening activity, but with an entirely new twist to bring a new excellent way of learning.
For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this what the heck science activity set.
THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE - MOMENTUM CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:
- Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
- To extend students
- To increase scientific engagement in your class
- A small group task (or tasks)
- To inspire students on momentum in an unusual way
- Use to open, re-engage and close a unit on momentum
- Provide it as independent work outside of class for a flipped classroom
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE - ACTIVITY SET:
- 3 page opening activity in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes
- 3 page case studies reading and questions set in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes
- 3 page closing activity with twist in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes
Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.
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Momentum Physics Science Unit Bundle - Middle School NGSS aligned
Learning about the science of momentum is essential for students to understand how objects move and interact in the physical world. Momentum is a fundamental concept in physics, explaining everything from collisions and motion to energy transfer and conservation laws. By studying momentum, students gain critical insights into everyday phenomena, like car crashes, sports dynamics, and engineering design. Momentum is key to understanding forces and movement, making it an engaging and practical topic that builds problem-solving and analytical skills. Teaching momentum equips students with knowledge they can apply in science, technology, and beyond. With this in mind, let's engage with this excellent learning and teaching resource. This complete set covers critical thinking through the framework, research through the research project template and literacy through the science article (science reading comprehension worksheet) plus with the 'What the Heck' momentum case study and stories it opens, closes and engages in the middle of the topic truly building student curiosity. These four resources work collectively and to teach your students on a wide variety of skills on the topic of choice, in this case momentum. A critical thinking framework focused on momentum brings this complex phenomena into clear, student-friendly steps. By guiding learners to identify questions, evaluate evidence, and compare multiple explanations, it transforms the study of the phenomenon of momentum into an engaging, inquiry-based experience. Students gain a deeper appreciation for science as they piece together how any object moving or coming to rest has momentum based interactions. Rather than just memorizing facts, they actively practice scientific habits of mind—analyzing data, identifying gaps in knowledge, and reflecting on the learning process. A dedicated framework also saves time and supports more robust learning outcomes. It provides a structured path for teachers to implement discussions, projects, or small-group investigations without having to create all the resources from scratch. Embedded prompts and example strategies help students build confidence in their ability to think like scientists, meaning you can focus on facilitating exploration rather than constantly reinventing lesson plans. Ultimately, investing in this streamlined approach helps elevate student engagement, fosters critical thinking skills, and brings the world of momentum in real life to students in the classroom. THE MOMENTUM CRITICAL THINKING FRAMEWORK CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS: * Guided Inquiry Projects: Assign each step as a stage in a research project, from forming a question to reflecting on findings. * Group Discussions: Facilitate structured group dialogues where each student is the primary driver to one step of the framework. * Problem-Solving Stations: Set up stations, each focusing on a different step (e.g., analyzing reasoning, identifying limitations), and rotate groups through them. * Reflection Journals: Encourage students to write short entries on each step after exploring new content or completing a project. * Peer Teaching: Have students create mini-lessons using the steps, culminating in an elevator pitch or summary to teach classmates. * Assessment Tool: Use the framework’s steps as a rubric to evaluate the depth and clarity of students’ scientific reasoning and presentations. * The momentum research project template (webquest) provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about momentum. In this momentum research project template (webquest) with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. * It gives a rich and supportive framework that can be tweaked as needed for students to support differentiation. * This momentum research project template includes: * Space for a one paragraph summary (that links to the 2 page science article also available on this topic - but does not have to). * Students should produce a mathematical connection, an engineering / technology connection, 2 interesting facts / stats. * 5 glossary terms they should fill in with their own words (which also links to the science article also available) * 3 thought provoking questions (ie: critical thinking questions) they must answer. * Finally, each template has 3 alternative thought provoking questions for younger students and 3 other alternative harder questions to extend high flying or older students. Giving you a total of 9 possible thought provoking questions that could be used with students to enhance their research and critical thinking. * Further, I have added a 1 page - 20 point rubric to be used for either self-assessment or teacher assessment as you deem fit. I hope it helps support the learning even further! The momentum science article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can supplement lessons. It is a momentum article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable). A SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT TEMPLATE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To extend students * To increase scientific literacy and research skills in your class * Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast and you need a long running task * To inspire students on a particular topic * As a scaffold to support students who need support on research skills and can use a framework * To enhance critical thinking when doing research and making a relevant and interesting output * Give a selection of these research project templates for students to choose from * To enhance students ability to express ideas and synthesis knowledge * To increase scientific literacy in your class * A weekly reading / research task This what the heck science - momentum case study provides the perfect resource that can help your students learn all about momentum through an excellent opening activity that is effectively structured. Then leading to a truly engaging set of stories of survivors from falling out of the sky unassisted and surviving. This brings real scientific learning in an authentic and unusual way. Then the closing activity is a reflection of the opening activity, but with an entirely new twist to bring a new excellent way of learning. THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE - MOMENTUM CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To extend students * To increase scientific engagement in your class * A small group task (or tasks) * To inspire students on momentum in an unusual way * Use to open, re-engage and close a unit on momentum * Provide it as independent work outside of class for a flipped classroom WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS MOMENTUM LITERACY + RESEARCH + CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE: The momentum critical thinking framework: * 4 page completed exemplar for the scaffold with why questions (including suggested key questions / problems to be explored) * 3 page complete scaffold version in PDF, Microsoft Doc & Google Doc form + now with Editable Google Slides form that has why questions in addition to suggest 9 steps providing maximum support for learners about momentum * 3 page ladder version in PDF, Microsoft Doc & Google Doc form that has the 9 steps for a complete exploration into momentum * 2 page step-ladder version in PDF, Microsoft Doc & Google Doc form that has 6 steps for supportive foray into momentum * 1 page step version in PDF, Microsoft Doc & Google Doc form that has 3 steps for an initial foray into momentum * 3 page implementation guide to support how to use this critical thinking framework practically in the classroom Momentum Science Research Project Template * 7 page Google doc teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page Google doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 7 page Word doc teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 7 page PDF teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page PDF student version with space to fill in answers * 1 page 20 point rubric for self or teacher assessment in all three - Google doc, Word doc and PDF form Momentum Science Article * 3 page Word doc teacher version with answers * 2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 3 page PDF teacher version with answers * 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so) * 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers * 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes) What the Heck Momentum Case Study * 3 page opening activity in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes * 3 page case studies reading and questions set in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes * 3 page closing activity with twist in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.
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Momentum Case Study + Article + Research Project Template (Webquest) Bundle
Studying and learning about momentum becomes especially vivid when imagining a student hurtling toward the ground without a parachute. In this extreme (and thankfully fictional) scenario, the student’s velocity increases as they fall, creating a massive amount of momentum due to their speed combined with their mass. By exploring such a dramatic example, middle and high school students can grasp how momentum works in real-life situations, from car crashes to sports collisions. Understanding these principles not only builds a solid foundation in physics and momentum but also highlights the importance of safety and responsible decision-making. With this in mind, let's engage with this excellent learning resource! This what the heck science - momentum case study provides the perfect resource that can help your students learn all about momentum through an excellent opening activity that is effectively structured. Then leading to an truly engaging set of stories of survivors from falling out of the sky unassisted and surviving. This brings real scientific learning in an authentic and unusual way. Then the closing activity is a reflection of the opening activity, but with an entirely new twist to bring a new excellent way of learning. The momentum research project template (webquest) provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about momentum. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this momentum research project template (webquest) with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. It gives a rich and supportive framework that can be tweaked as needed for students to support differentiation. The momentum research project template includes: * Space for a one paragraph summary (that links to the 2 page science article also available on this topic - but does not have to). * Students should produce a mathematical connection, an engineering / technology connection, 2 interesting facts / stats. * 5 glossary terms they should fill in with their own words (which also links to the science article also available) * 3 thought provoking questions (ie: critical thinking questions) they must answer. * Finally, each template has 3 alternative thought provoking questions for younger students and 3 other alternative harder questions to extend high flying or older students. Giving you a total of 9 possible thought provoking questions that could be used with students to enhance their research and critical thinking. * Further, I have added a 1 page - 20 point rubric to be used for either self-assessment or teacher assessment as you deem fit. I hope it helps support the learning even further! The template is some of my best work and I am proud to share it with you. The momentum science article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can supplement lessons. It is a momentum article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable). A Science Research Project Template PROJECT TEMPLATE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To extend students * To increase scientific literacy and research skills in your class * Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast and you need a long running task * To inspire students on a particular topic * As a scaffold to support students who need support on research skills and can use a framework * To enhance critical thinking when doing research and making a relevant and interesting output * Give a selection of these research project templates for students to choose from * To enhance students ability to express ideas and synthesis knowledge * To increase scientific literacy in your class * A weekly reading / research task WHAT'S INCLUDED: Momentum Science Research Project Template * 7 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 7 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 7 page PDF teacher version with supporting appendix items * 3 page PDF student version with space to fill in answers * 1 page 20 point rubric for self or teacher assessment in all three - Google doc, Word doc and PDF form Momentum Science Article * 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 3 page PDF teacher version with answers * 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so) * 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes) Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly. THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE - MOMENTUM CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To extend students * To increase scientific engagement in your class * A small group task (or tasks) * To inspire students on momentum in an unusual way * Use to open, re-engage and close a unit on momentum * Provide it as independent work outside of class for a flipped classroom WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE - ACTIVITY SET: * 3 page opening activity in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes * 3 page case studies reading and questions set in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes * 3 page closing activity with twist in PDF, Word doc & Google Doc formats with fillable text boxes Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly. WANT MORE AMAZING PRODUCTS LIKE THIS WHAT THE HECK SCIENCE ACTIVITY SET? MANY ARE AVAILABLE! I am very proud of this new what the heck science activity set. It is well build, makes an incredibly interesting way to bring science to students and is simply excellent.
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