This win brought the Giants' first NFC championship since they won the Super Bowl in 1991. Since many of your students may be watching the game on Sunday, use this great opportunity to teach a little about physical science. In this activity, students learn about speed and velocity in relation to a hockey puck and a figure skater. A block can apply crushing momentum on the players involved. Students can learn about the role of velocity and mass in momentum in the context of a bowling ball and pins.
Football players are really hard at work.
Students learn to define work as a product of force and distance in relation to a horse-drawn wagon and a bicycle. Students learn more about Newton's Third Law of Motion as applied to bumper cars. Launch Angle , Launching a Projectile , and More Projectiles . The Middle School Gateways activities given above for teaching the problem did not use football for the basic lessons. Download now .