Physics, Forces & Energy

Where Does Energy Come From?

This 2-page reading comprehension packet for 2nd graders explores the fundamental question of where energy originates. It is designed to build foundational science vocabulary and reading skills.

Science

Grades K-2

Newton's Laws Practice Set

This 1-page practice set is designed for 10th-grade students to reinforce their understanding of Newton's Laws, including F=ma and net force. It includes practice problems and is suitable for a 20-minute instructional block.

Science

Grades 9-12

AP Physics Warm-Up: Kinematics

This 4-question warm-up for AP Physics includes one horizontal kinematics problem, one vertical kinematics problem, and two motion graphs questions to review fundamental concepts.

Science

Grades 9-12

Speed and Velocity Practice

This 2-page practice set for 7th graders helps students distinguish between speed and velocity by calculating average speed and analyzing linear motion. It includes prompts for understanding distance, displacement, and direction.

Science

Grades 6-8

Newton's Laws of Motion

This 5-page packet guides 8th graders through Isaac Newton's three laws of motion, using real-world examples to build understanding. It includes guided notes and practice problems to reinforce key concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Forces and Motion Scenario Analysis

This 3-page packet guides 8th graders through analyzing physical science scenarios related to forces and motion. It includes multiple-choice questions and short-answer prompts to build conceptual understanding and analytical skills.

Science

Grades 6-8

Average Speed Practice Set

This 1-page practice set is designed for 7th-grade students to reinforce their understanding of average speed calculations. It includes word problems that require students to apply the formula and interpret results, building problem-solving skills.

Science

Grades 6-8

Electromagnetism and Static Electricity Lab Report

This 5-page packet guides 8th graders through an exploration of electromagnets and static electricity. Students will record observations and answer questions related to varying wire wraps, battery power, and a static electricity demonstration, building their scientific writing skills.

Science

Grades 6-8

Electromagnetic Spectrum Station Rotation

This 8-part station rotation activity guides 11th+ grade students through the applications of the electromagnetic spectrum. Students will order wavelengths, experiment with radio and infrared waves, explore visible light and plant growth, measure food coloring wavelengths, test UV light effects, and read about X-rays and gamma rays. The packet includes hands-on experiments, reading passages, and assessment questions.

Science

Grades 9-12

Newton's Second Law Practice

This 2-page worksheet provides independent practice for 7th-grade science students on Newton's Second Law of Motion. It includes practice problems and vocabulary reinforcement.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy Skate Park Simulation Guide

This 1-page guide helps 8th graders explore energy concepts using the PhET Energy Skate Park simulation. It includes step-by-step instructions and questions to foster understanding of potential and kinetic energy transformations.

Science

Grades 6-8

Physics Waves in English and Spanish

This 2-page packet provides bilingual notes on physics waves for 8th graders. It supports vocabulary development in both English and Spanish, making complex concepts accessible to a wider range of learners.

English Language Arts, Science

Grades 6-8

Conservation of Energy Guided Practice

This 2-page guided practice worksheet helps 9th graders understand the principle of conservation of energy. It includes practice problems and questions to check comprehension.

Science

Grades 9-12

AP Physics Motion Warm-Up

A 3-question starter packet for AP Physics students focusing on motion in one dimension. This resource is designed to activate prior knowledge and prepare students for more complex problem-solving.

Science

Grades 9-12

Newton's Second Law Practice

This 2-page practice set for 8th graders explores Newton's Second Law of Motion through real-world examples of everyday objects. It aims to build understanding of the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

Science

Grades 6-8

Waves Inquiry Lab for 7th Grade

This 3-page inquiry lab guides 7th graders through an investigation of waves. Students will practice formulating hypotheses, collecting and organizing data in a table, and constructing a CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) conclusion to explain their findings.

Science

Grades 6-8

Conductors and Insulators Lab

This 2-page lab activity guides 10th-grade physics students through an exploration of electrical conductivity. Students will use a simple circuit to test various materials, identifying them as conductors or insulators and building their understanding of electrical properties.

Science

Grades 9-12

Newton's First Law of Motion

This 45-minute packet, designed for 8th graders, uses a video transcript to explain Newton's first law of motion and the concept of inertia. It includes embedded questions and real-world examples to build understanding.

Science

Grades 6-8

Force and Motion Review for 4th Grade

This 3-page packet reviews key concepts of force and motion for 4th graders. It covers how forces start and stop motion, different types of forces like magnetism and gravity, and how forces change an object's position or state. The packet is designed to reinforce prior learning and can be used as a whole-class review or in small groups.

Science

Grades 3-5

Energy Transfer and Transformation

This lengthy extra credit assignment challenges 6th graders to explore energy transfer and transformation, aligning with state science standards. It encourages in-depth understanding and application of key concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Packet

This 4-page packet introduces 8th graders to the concepts of speed, velocity, and acceleration. It includes definitions, examples, and practice problems to build understanding of these fundamental physics concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Potential Energy Station Rotation

This 4-station packet provides hands-on lab worksheets for 6th graders to explore potential energy. It's designed for a 45-minute block and includes prompts to guide student inquiry.

Science

Grades 6-8

Physics Kinematics and Motion Graphs

This 1-page packet introduces 11th+ grade students to kinematics and motion graphs. It includes three questions to check understanding and serve as a warm-up for physics lessons.

Science

Grades 9-12

Waves: Frequency, Wavelength, and Energy

This 3-page interactive worksheet for 8th graders explores the relationship between wave frequency, wavelength, and energy through hands-on activities and problem-solving. It's designed to be a fun, non-writing assignment that reinforces key concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Electrical Circuits Practice

This 5-page packet provides practice for 5th graders on the topic of electrical circuits. It includes reading comprehension questions and vocabulary building activities.

Science

Grades 3-5

Freefall and Air Resistance Physics Assignment

This 3-page assignment for 11th and 12th grade physics students introduces freefall with air resistance and terminal velocity. It builds on prior knowledge of 1D kinematics and gravity calculations, serving as an introduction to free body diagrams.

Science

Grades 9-12

Energy and Earth Science Study Guide

This 1st-grade study guide covers various forms of energy, including light, chemical, mechanical, electrical, thermal, and sound. It also includes sections on heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation), specific heat capacity, heat flow direction, and Earth's layers.

Science

Grades K-2

Free Body Diagrams for Physics

This 5-slide packet guides 10th graders through drawing free body diagrams for Newton's Second Law. It includes scenarios with images, problem setup, and worked-out examples to build conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills.

Science

Grades 9-12

Heating Curve Calculations Practice

This 1-page worksheet provides practice problems for 10th-grade students on calculating energy changes during phase transitions and temperature changes, reinforcing concepts of specific heat and latent heat.

Science

Grades 9-12

Calculating Speed and Motion

This 3-page packet guides 7th graders through an outdoor investigation to measure distance and time. Students will calculate average speed, distinguish between speed and velocity, and interpret motion using distance-time graphs, directly addressing concepts of force and motion.

Science

Grades 6-8

Newton's Laws for 6th Grade

This 5-page packet introduces 6th graders to Newton's three laws of motion. It includes sentence frames to support English Language Learners in developing both language and content mastery.

Science

Grades 6-8

Wave Energy Think-Pair-Share

This 1-page packet guides 7th graders through the concept of wave energy using a think-pair-share structure. It's designed to foster discussion and build understanding of physical science concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Forces and Motion Vocabulary for 3rd Grade

A 1-page vocabulary sheet for 3rd graders introducing key terms related to forces and motion. This resource helps build foundational science vocabulary.

Science

Grades 3-5

Energy Transfer for 3rd Grade

This 5-page packet introduces 3rd graders to the concepts of potential and kinetic energy transfer. It includes scaffolded vocabulary support for English Language Learners and students with learning disabilities, making the science content accessible.

Science

Grades 3-5

Electromagnetic Spectrum Presentation

A presentation packet designed for 9th graders to explore the electromagnetic spectrum. It includes slides and speaker notes to facilitate understanding of this key science concept.

Science

Grades 9-12

Energy Types Practice Scenarios

This 1-page worksheet provides 6th graders with practice scenarios to identify the seven types of energy: thermal, electrical, mechanical, electromagnetic, sound, nuclear, and chemical. It's designed to reinforce understanding of these concepts through application.

Science

Grades 6-8

Newton's Second Law Practice

This 1-page practice set for 8th graders reinforces understanding of Newton's Second Law of Motion. It includes practice problems and definitions to build conceptual knowledge.

Science

Grades 6-8

Physics Vectors and Projectile Motion Practice

This 1-page practice set challenges high school students to apply their understanding of physics vectors and projectile motion to real-world scenarios. It's designed to reinforce key concepts and problem-solving skills.

Science

Grades 9-12

Spring-Scale Experiment Readiness Check

A 7-question, multiple-choice "Do Now" activity for 6th-grade science students. This packet checks understanding of spring-scale procedures, data recording, and the CER framework before conducting a force experiment. It includes visuals and is designed for ELL-friendly comprehension.

Science

Grades 6-8

Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Anchor Chart

This 1-page anchor chart for 8th graders defines and compares speed, velocity, and acceleration. It includes key equations and the relationship between kinetic energy and velocity, serving as a quick reference for students.

Science

Grades 6-8

Kinetic and Potential Energy Scenarios

This 1-page worksheet helps 7th graders understand kinetic and potential energy through real-world examples. It's designed to reinforce conceptual understanding and can be used as a quick check for understanding or a homework assignment.

Science

Grades 6-8

Projectile Motion Inquiry Stations

This 2-page packet guides 9th graders through an inquiry-based exploration of projectile motion. It includes embedded questions to foster critical thinking and collaboration during station work.

Science

Grades 9-12

Simple Machines Practice Questions

This 25-question worksheet provides practice with identifying and understanding simple machines for 9th-grade students. It's designed to reinforce concepts typically covered in a physics or physical science unit.

Science

Grades 9-12

Wave Properties and Energy

This 2-page packet guides 8th graders in comparing wave properties and energy, specifically distinguishing between longitudinal and transverse waves. It's designed for a single class period and includes prompts for discussion.

Science

Grades 6-8

The Doppler Effect Practice Set

This 1-page practice set is designed for 9th-grade students to reinforce their understanding of the Doppler effect. It includes a variety of problems to build conceptual and mathematical skills related to wave phenomena.

Science

Grades 9-12

Newton's Laws Gallery Walk

This 1-page packet guides 8th graders through real-world examples of Newton's Laws of Motion. Students will identify each law and practice 2nd Law calculations, building their understanding of physics principles.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy Types Practice for 6th Grade

This 1-page practice set helps 6th graders understand and differentiate between kinetic, potential, elastic, and gravitational energy. It includes a short reading passage and practice questions to reinforce learning.

Science

Grades 6-8

Conduction Reading Practice

An 8th-grade reading comprehension packet designed to build understanding of conduction. This resource includes a reading passage and practice questions to reinforce key concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy Uses for 4th Graders

This 3-page packet guides fourth graders through the uses of energy, aligning with science standards. It includes an experiment to reinforce concepts and build scientific inquiry skills.

Science

Grades 3-5

Force and Motion Practice for 6th Grade

This 10-page packet helps 6th graders understand the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration through real-world examples and practice questions. It includes scaffolds for ELL students and visual aids to support comprehension.

Science

Grades 6-8

Understanding Force and Motion

This 5-page packet for 5th graders introduces the concepts of force, balanced and unbalanced forces, and motion. It includes hands-on activities using spring scales to measure force in newtons, vocabulary building, and sentence stems to support student explanations.

Science

Grades 3-5

Newton's Second Law Practice Set for 9th Grade

A short practice set that walks 9th graders through Newton's Second Law (F = ma), building skills in applying the equation to force, mass, and acceleration and explaining the proportional relationships behind it. It's well suited to a single class period or as independent practice following an introductory lesson on forces.

Science

Grades 9-12

Electromagnetic Induction Overview for 10th Grade

A conceptual reading packet that introduces electromagnetic induction, Faraday's Law, and the principles behind motors, generators, and transformers, with diagrams to support understanding. It builds scientific reading comprehension and the ability to connect mathematical relationships to physical phenomena, and it suits a single extended class period or a two-part lesson for 10th graders.

Science

Grades 9-12

Forms of Energy and Conservation Station Lesson

A station-based reading packet for 8th grade English learners that introduces potential and kinetic energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy, with a bilingual English-Spanish key terms table to support vocabulary development. It builds science content knowledge alongside reading comprehension and academic vocabulary, and works well for small-group rotations within a 45-minute block.

Science, English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Physics Vocabulary Glossary and Practice for Grade 8

A glossary-style reference packet covering key force and motion terms, from mass and speed to Newton's three laws, with real-world examples and the formulas or units that go with each term. It is designed to be used all unit long, giving students a steady reference for their physics vocabulary as they work through problems.

Science

Grades 6-8

Forces in Action: Practice Set for 6th Grade Science

A short practice set for 6th graders that introduces five everyday forces (gravity, friction, magnetism, applied force, and normal force) through a clear reference table and real-world examples. Students identify and explain how each force acts on objects, building science vocabulary and clear written explanation skills.

Science

Grades 6-8

Transverse Wave Anatomy Practice for Grade 8

A practice packet for 8th graders that uses a labeled transverse wave diagram and a fill-in table to build vocabulary for crests, troughs, amplitude, and wavelength. Students name each part and then describe it in their own words, with a real-world link to how microwave imaging systems use waves.

Science

Grades 6-8

How Gravity Powers Roller Coasters for Grade 6

A 6th-grade worksheet that uses roller coasters to explain how gravity converts potential energy into kinetic energy, with real-world problem questions that build physics vocabulary and quantitative reasoning. It opens with key terms like gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, and friction, then applies the PE = mgh formula to a coaster's first drop. It is designed for a single science or math block or as small-group practice.

Science, Mathematics

Grades 6-8

Inquiry Stations: Push, Pull, and Simple Machines

A 10-day set of hands-on inquiry stations for 2nd graders exploring force and motion through push-and-pull investigations and simple machines. Students move toy cars and balls, record what they observe, and build early science vocabulary such as force, push, and pull, with picture supports and guided prompts at each station.

Science

Grades K-2

Force and Motion Vocabulary for Struggling Readers

A short vocabulary packet built around ten force and motion words, including push, pull, gravity, and distance, written at a 3rd grade reading level for middle schoolers who need accessible text. Each word gets a plain definition and a concrete example sentence, which builds word meaning and reading comprehension together.

Science, English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Newton's First Law and Inertia Practice Set

A short practice packet for 7th graders that introduces Newton's First Law and the concept of inertia through fill-in-the-blank vocabulary sentences and a written explanation about mass. It builds vocabulary use and scientific explanation writing, and it works well for a single class period or a small-group support block.

Science

Grades 6-8

How a Drum Moves a Ball: Sound and Forces Reading

A short science reading for 7th graders that explains how striking a drum transfers force and energy through air to move a nearby ping-pong ball. It builds understanding of Newton's Third Law, deformation, vibration, and sound waves as energy transfer, and it is designed as a foundation reading before a modeling task in OpenSciEd-style units.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy Transfer Station Rotation for 4th Grade Science

A station-based activity for 4th graders that explores how moving objects transfer energy through collisions, water waves, and sound, aligned to TEKS 4.8A. Students build vocabulary such as kinetic energy and transfer, then apply those ideas through hands-on investigation and written observations at each station.

Science

Grades 3-5

Newton's Second Law Practice Set for 8th Grade

A 15-problem practice worksheet that walks 8th graders through Newton's Second Law (F = ma), building proportional reasoning about how force, mass, and acceleration relate. Part 1 asks students to explain changes in acceleration without heavy calculation, with written-response lines for each answer, and later sections move into quantitative problem solving.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy at the Skate Park for 4th Grade

A short homework packet that has 4th graders examine a skater at three points on a ramp and fill in blanks about potential and kinetic energy. It builds vocabulary and the ability to connect energy changes to motion and height, and it uses diagrams as scaffolds throughout.

Science

Grades 3-5

Energy and Robotics Vocabulary Stations for Grade 6

A 90-minute collaborative inquiry station lab using Cubelets robot kits, paired with a CER-framework worksheet loosely organized around the 5 E's. Students build vocabulary with Frayer models and discuss how energy moves through a robot, which develops scientific reasoning, claim-evidence-reasoning writing, and teamwork.

Science

Grades 6-8

Circuit Components and Energy Flow for Gifted Grade 4

A 4th-grade lab manual that walks gifted learners through the four parts of a circuit (energy source, conductor, load, and switch) alongside a hands-on Snap Circuit activity. It builds scientific vocabulary, energy transformation understanding, and careful observation skills, with varied questions that push students to reason about how and why circuits work.

Science

Grades 3-5

Newton's First Law: Inertia and Motion Guided Notes

A short guided-notes packet that introduces Newton's First Law of Motion, walking students through key terms like force, rest, motion, and unbalanced force. It builds vocabulary and conceptual understanding through fill-in-the-blank practice with a word bank, making it well suited to a single science block for students who benefit from structured, scaffolded note-taking.

Science

Grades 6-8

Forces and Motion Station Rotation for 3rd Grade

A collaborative station-rotation review packet from Amplify Science Grade 3 Unit 1 on balancing forces, where small groups move through hands-on stations to observe pushes, pulls, and how forces start, stop, and change motion. Students build science vocabulary, observation skills, and evidence-based discussion as they rotate through the activities.

Science

Grades 3-5

Potential, Kinetic, and Elastic Energy Practice

A short practice packet for 6th graders that reviews potential, kinetic, gravitational, and elastic energy through a vocabulary matching activity and follow-up questions. It builds precise science vocabulary and the habit of connecting energy terms to everyday examples, and it works well as a quick review or warm-up before a deeper lab.

Science

Grades 6-8

Force and Motion Virtual Investigation Guide for Grade 5

A step-by-step virtual investigation packet for 5th graders who missed a field trip, covering recall, a force-and-motion video, guided journal notes on balanced and unbalanced forces, net force, and Newton's Three Laws, a BrainPop lesson, and short written closure. It is designed to fill roughly a 60-minute science block and works well for independent or at-home completion.

Science

Grades 3-5

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces for 7th Grade

A 7th-grade science packet that teaches balanced and unbalanced forces through clear key terms, worked examples, and force diagrams. Students analyze how net force affects motion, practice modeling forces, and explore the relationship between mass and inertia, with a Turn-and-Talk to build science language.

Science

Grades 6-8

Newton's Laws of Motion Practice Set for Grade 8

A practice packet that introduces Newton's three laws of motion through clear definitions, everyday examples like soccer balls and seatbelts, and key vocabulary such as force, mass, acceleration, and inertia. It is designed to build conceptual understanding of how forces affect motion while reinforcing reading comprehension of science text.

Science

Grades 6-8

Wave Speed, Frequency, and Wavelength Practice Set

A 10-problem practice worksheet for 9th grade science that builds fluency with the wave speed equation v = fλ, including unit conversions and rearranging the formula to solve for frequency or wavelength. It opens with a reference section covering the formula, variable key, and a formula triangle, making it a solid independent practice or homework set after introducing wave basics.

Science

Grades 9-12

Honors Physics Projectile Motion and Newton's Second Law Starter

A short honors-level warm-up with three multi-step problems: projectile motion, Newton's Second Law with a free body diagram, and Newton's Second Law combined with kinematics to solve for acceleration. It is designed for a brief starter at the beginning of class, and students must show algebra before substituting numbers and label their free body diagrams.

Science

Grades 9-12

The Witch's Brew Investigation: Energy Transfer for 6th Grade

A Halloween-themed inquiry worksheet in which 6th graders follow Old Willow the Witch as she heats three potions on a magical stove and tracks how temperature changes over five minutes. It builds understanding of kinetic energy, thermal energy, and energy transfer, with key-term definitions and guided investigation steps; it works well for a single class period or a small-group lab block.

Science

Grades 6-8

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces for 5th Grade

A short science reading packet that introduces force, net force, and acceleration through everyday examples like kicking a ball and tug-of-war. It builds vocabulary and reasoning about how balanced and unbalanced forces change motion, and is well suited to a single reading-and-discussion block in 5th grade.

Science

Grades 3-5

Energy Changes in Everyday Systems for Grade 4

A multi-day station rotation for 4th graders that explores how energy transforms within everyday systems, like a toaster turning electrical energy into thermal energy. Students build science vocabulary (energy, system, transformation), practice reading informational text, and connect energy conservation to real-world examples, supported by key-term definitions and guided reflection questions.

Science

Grades 3-5

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Practice Set for Grade 4

A practice set that introduces 4th graders to balanced and unbalanced forces through clear key terms, a tug-of-war scenario, and guided questions about how forces change motion. It builds vocabulary, reasoning about net force, and measurement with newtons and pounds, and it works well as a 30-40 minute I Do, We Do, You Do lesson or independent practice.

Science

Grades 3-5

Egg Drop Design Check-In for 6th Grade

A one-page, day-three design check-in worksheet that has 6th graders explain how their egg-protection features affect stopping time, impact force, and speed, using an energy account and a short reasoning statement. It is built for a single class period during the egg drop build, with a word bank and a construction checklist to support the work.

Science

Grades 6-8

Thermal Energy Vocabulary and Insulator Investigation for Middle School

A self-directed independent practice packet for 6th grade science that introduces thermal energy, particles, collisions, insulators, and energy transfer through a word wall, learning targets, and a cup-insulation investigation. It builds vocabulary, data analysis, and claim-evidence-reasoning writing, and is designed to run as a standalone lesson when the teacher is absent.

Science

Grades 6-8

Build and Reflect: Newton's Cradle Motion Lab

A hands-on build guide and end-of-unit reflection packet for 6th graders, where students construct a popsicle-stick Newton's Cradle and explain how all three laws of motion apply to it. It builds skills in applying physics concepts, explaining cause and effect, and written reasoning, and includes a family or friend signature section for students to explain their understanding aloud. Designed for a unit-end project block with time for building plus reflection.

Science

Grades 6-8

Force Diagrams and Net Force Practice for 7th Grade

A 4-question multiple-choice practice set in STAAR style that helps 7th graders read force diagrams, calculate net force, and decide whether forces are balanced or unbalanced. Each question includes a diagram and a Key Concepts reminder box to support students as they work.

Science

Grades 6-8

Energy in Motion: Marble Collision Inquiry Lab

A hands-on inquiry lab in which 4th graders roll marbles down a track to investigate how energy transfers during collisions, using a hypothesis and data table to record evidence. It builds scientific inquiry, measurement, and claim-evidence reasoning, and is aligned to NYS P-12 Science Learning Standard SLS.4-PS3-2, making it well suited to a single extended science block or small-group lab stations.

Science

Grades 3-5

Electrical Energy and Safety Reading Passage

A short informational passage for 4th graders that introduces electrical energy, key terms like circuit, conductor, and insulator, and basic electrical safety. It builds vocabulary, reading comprehension, and understanding of how electricity moves from power plants to homes, and it works well as a 30-minute science reading block or a small-group text.

Science

Grades 3-5

Vocabulary Words and Pictures for First Grade

A visual matching worksheet where 1st-grade students draw lines from pictures to the matching vocabulary words, covering distance, force, fast, slow, gravity, up, down, move, push, and pull. It's well suited to special education students who benefit from picture-supported word recognition and concrete, hands-on vocabulary practice.

English Language Arts, Science

Grades K-2

Electromagnetic Waves Study Guide for Grade 8

A fill-in-the-blank study guide covering the fundamentals of electromagnetic waves, including vocabulary such as medium, vacuum, and wavelength. It builds understanding of EM wave properties like speed and the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency, and works well as a review packet for a 45-minute class period or as independent study.

Science

Grades 6-8

Work, Efficiency, and Mechanical Advantage Practice Set

A reference-plus-practice packet for 9th graders that defines force, distance, work, mechanical advantage, and efficiency, then applies them through problem sets with real-world machine examples. It builds quantitative reasoning and unit fluency, and works well as a 45-minute guided practice block or independent homework.

Science

Grades 9-12

Station Lab: Thermal Energy Transfer for 7th Grade

A low-supply, multi-station science lab that guides 7th graders through conduction, convection, and radiation, with key-term definitions, hands-on investigations, and written reflection prompts. It targets TEKS 7.8A and builds skills in observation, data recording, and explaining how thermal energy moves into and out of systems.

Science

Grades 6-8

Station Rotation on Collisions and Inertia

A station-based lab packet for 10th grade physics that compares elastic, inelastic, and perfectly inelastic collisions while introducing inertia and mass in motion. Students observe demonstrations, record what they see, and then solve problems to reinforce each collision type, with key-term callouts and guided prompts throughout.

Science

Grades 9-12

Newton's Laws of Motion Study Guide for 5th Grade

A vocabulary-and-concepts study guide that introduces 5th graders to Newton's laws of motion through fill-in-the-blank sentences drawn from a shared Word Bank (inertia, force, mass, acceleration, friction, gravity). It builds science vocabulary and conceptual understanding of how forces change motion, and works well as a review or pre-test packet.

Science

Grades 3-5

Egg Drop Challenge: Forces and Motion for 5th Grade

A short reading-and-building packet that introduces 5th graders to forces, inertia, impact, and impulse through the classic egg drop challenge. It builds science vocabulary and cause-and-effect reasoning, with a word bank and plain-language definitions to support students as they design protective containers.

Science

Grades 3-5

Electromagnetic Spectrum Overview and Wavelength Practice

A printable worksheet that introduces the electromagnetic spectrum through key terms, a wavelength chart, and real-world examples like microwaves and dental X-rays. It builds skills in relating wavelength, frequency, and photon energy, and includes guided questions for students working through the concepts step by step. Designed for an AP Chemistry class at the 11th-12th grade level, it works well as an independent or partner reading-and-response assignment.

Science

Grades 9-12

Position, Motion, and Speed: A Physics Story Set

A practice set of three assignments (one whole-group story and vocabulary and worksheet activities) with 12 questions aimed at 8th graders. It builds skills in describing motion using a reference point, comparing speed from distance and time, and connecting these ideas to Newton's Laws.

Science

Grades 6-8

Physics of Collisions Review for 8th Grade

A short review worksheet that walks 8th graders through the core vocabulary of collisions (force, mass, velocity) and key ideas like equal and opposite forces, using evidence from the article *Crash! Forces in Collisions*. It includes fill-in-the-blank definitions, a word-bank sentence completion section, and a space for misconception-correction and real-world application questions.

Science

Grades 6-8

Physics Vocabulary Review for Middle School

A short vocabulary review packet that has 8th graders match and use core physics terms (force, mass, speed, kinetic energy, and potential energy) in context. It builds definition recall and the ability to apply these words to everyday sentences, and works well as a quick warm-up or end-of-unit check.

Science

Grades 6-8

Apparent Weight in Elevators: AP Physics Guided Notes

A guided-notes packet for AP Physics that walks students through apparent weight and scale readings during elevator up and down acceleration. Students fill in blanks on true weight, the sign convention, and Newton's second law as they build toward free body diagrams and scale calculations.

Science

Grades 9-12

Station Rotation: Electricity and Energy Transfer

A station-based packet for 4th graders exploring how electricity moves through circuits, built around key vocabulary such as circuit, battery, wire, bulb, switch, and open and closed circuits. Students build science reasoning and close-reading skills as they rotate through short, hands-on-ready stations.

Science

Grades 3-5