adminExplore Newton’s Laws of Motion, leverage, light, sound, trajectory, temperature. Catapult tennis balls, launch big dice using a lever and a fulcrum, use photobeams as start/finish lines for relays, measure (approximate) the speed of sound, see the effect of temperature on the bounce of a tennis ball…
| Subjects, Topics | Activities |
| Newton’s Laws of Motion | Catapult tennis balls to explore force, gravity, and trajectory |
| Leverage | Launch big dice using a lever and a fulcrum to learn about leverage |
| Light | Use photobeams as start/finish lines for relays |
| Sound | Measure (approximate) the speed of sound at a bank of tennis courts or court plus adjacent field or open field (250+ feet) |
| Trajectory | Use ball machine as a launchpad — game to predict and mark landing zones |
| Temperature | Determine and explain the effect of temperature on the bounce of a tennis ball |