Changes in Motion

Mrs. Yuska’s 8th Grade students are currently learning about Force and Motion. In this activity, the students worked in groups to design investigations that demonstrated at least two methods for changing the speed only, the direction only, and both direction and speed of a moving object using their background knowledge of speed, velocity, and acceleration. They were provided with a golf ball and a table full of various materials such as toy car race tracks, tape, sand, rulers, aluminum foil, and pie tins, just to name a few. The enthusiasm, excitement, and creativity the students showed resulted in some ingenious designs! Check out our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TVd-VoPKIs