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Air Pucks: Lab Activity Kit

By: The Flinn Staff

Balloon Air Pucks Physical Science and Physics Activity Set
Balloon Air Pucks Physical Science and Physics Activity Set
With the Balloon Air Pucks Activity Set for physical science and physics, explore Newton’s laws of motion and investigate the principles of inertia, collisions, velocity and acceleration.

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It’s time to get moving! No need for an air table—the pucks float on a cushion of air above any smooth, flat surface as a result of air escaping from a balloon. Students do hands-on experiments to explore Newton’s laws of motion and investigate the principles of inertia, collisions, velocity and acceleration. The mass of the pucks can easily be changed by stacking washers or pennies on them. Kits include reproducible student handouts, complete teacher notes with sample data and answers to all questions, air pucks and balloons.

Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Science & Engineering Practices

Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-PS2.A: Forces and Motion
MS-PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
MS-PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
MS-PS3.C: Relationship between Energy and Forces
HS-PS2.A: Forces and Motion
HS-PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
HS-PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
HS-PS3.C: Relationship between Energy and Forces

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Cause and effect
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
Stability and change

Performance Expectations

MS-PS2-2. Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object
MS-PS3-2. Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
HS-PS2-1. Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.
HS-PS3-2. Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motion of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).