Contact and Non-Contact Forces!
In this lesson, students will learn about contact and non-contact forces by building a toy car and moving it with different forces.
MATERIALS
TOY CAR
Tools:
- Tape
- Scissors
- Pencil
Body:
- Craft stick
- Foam tray
- Cardboard
Four Wheels:
- Cardboard
- Pop bottle lids
Axles:
- Straw
- Skewers
- Toothpicks (round)
Motors:
- Sheet of paper
- Skewer
- Magnets (stronger the better)
- Balloon
- Plastic straw
Water Forces!
Students will learn about the forces found in the environment while experimenting with water.
MATERIALS
Spinning Water Bottle:
- 3 Straws (preferably bendy ones)
- Empty plastic bottle
- Screw or something pointy
- Scissors
- Modelling clay (or Play-Doh)
- String
- Water
- Big bowl or a large bassin (sink or tub)
Water Wheel:
- Skewer
- 2 paper clips
- Tape
- 2L bottle or large bowl
- Scissors
- Long cork or empty spool of string
- 2 index cards
- Mod Podge® (optional)
- Paint brush (optional)
