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What makes things move? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an inquiry approach to teaching what force is. Students will learn what push, pull, gravity, and friction are.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity

Investigating Motion: What Causes Objects to Move? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a structured inquiry into why objects move and why some objects move farther than others. Students will make predictions on how far an object will move when blown on, blow on the objects, measure the distances they moved and record their findings.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

The First Law of Motion: The Tower of Coins part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity will provide the students with an opportunity to use inquiry. This activity will also help them to begin to understand friction and inertia,.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Physics Motion Activities for Second Grade part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
The activity consists of a story and two experiments demonstrating how push and pull can make objects move.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Investigating with magnets: attraction and repelling part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a classroom activity where students create magnetic cats and see what occurs when the cats are placed next to each other. Students will be informally investigating magnetic attraction and repelling.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Electricity & Magnetism
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Investigating The Magnetic Force Field: Calculating the magnetic pull of a magnet by varying distances. part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom investigation of the magnetic force of a bar magnet where students conduct an experiment, collect the data, and make interpretations of that data (conclusions).

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Electricity & Magnetism
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Identifying the force (push/pull) used to put sports equipment into motion part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is designed for a primary classroom (large area) investigation where students investigate sports equipment and decide what force; push or pull (twist) is used to put the object in motion. Students develop a method of recording the data colleted and can present the information gathered.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Parachutes and Air Resistance part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a hands-on lesson that shows how air resistance affects how things move and how air is all around objects.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Investigating Motion: Paths of a marble part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This inquiry based activity will help students discover that marbles move in a variety of ways and the path in which it starts to move can be changed.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

What makes things move? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an inquiry approach to teaching what force is. Students will learn what push, pull, gravity, and friction are.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity