About the Lab
Explore Newton's second law of motion by experimenting with how mass affects an object's acceleration. Students graph how force and mass affect the distance a car travels and calculate acceleration of their car.
After your session, explore the Science Storms exhibit, located in Allstate Court.
- Grades: 4th - 8th
- Capacity: 30 students
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Cost: $100
- Offered Tuesdays through Thursdays at 10:15 and 11:45 a.m.
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Illinois Learning Standards
4: A, B; 6: A, B, C; 7: A, B, C; 10: B; 11: A, B; 12: C, D; 13: A, B
Pre- and Post-Visit Activities
Egg Drop
Transform potential energy to kinetic energy while demonstrating the property of intertia as you drop eggs into cups of water in this puzzling and fun experiment.
Build a Roller Coaster
Learn about energy as you send a marble through a roller coaster that you design.
Additional Resources
Rader's Physics4Kids
www.physics4kids.com
The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws
www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws
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