9-12 Students learn the physics behind the drinking bird toy. Effect of a Force Gr. In this activity students will measure the acceleration of a fixed mass under the action of a constant force. Enter a Camera Obscura Gr. In this lesson, students experience the optics of sight by transforming the classroom into a giant eye, or camera obscura.
Students view the outside world, but upside down and backwards.
This is an excellent beginning for a unit on light, color, and the parts of the eye. Finding Mass Gr. 8 Students use pennies from different decades to compare mass. The Flight Platform Gr. 6-8 This lesson on flight incorporates the inquiry method of discovery to explain the forces that are exerted on an airplane.