Hover Above the Earth

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Hover Above the Earth

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Students build a balloon hovercraft, take direct measurements, answer critical questions, and make calculations using the data gathered in order to realize the concept of acceleration as a change in velocity.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Physics, Physical Sciences, Engineering

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Acceleration, Friction, Speed, Hovercrafts, Velocity

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Dawn Gott

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/Level4SC.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Mathematics (1996)

Strand B: Measurement

Standard 2: The student compares, contrasts, and converts within systems of measurement (both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary).

Benchmark MA.B.2.3.1: The student uses direct (measured) and indirect (not measured) measures to compare a given characteristic in either metric or customary units.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand C: Force and Motion

Standard 1: The student understands that types of motion may be described, measured, and predicted.(SC.C.1.4)

2. knows that any change in velocity is an acceleration

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