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SlingStudy Slingshot Kit

STEM slingshot for kids launches beginners' lessons in force and trajectory!
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Students of any age collaborate to accurately launch beanbags with this oversized slingshot. Individual hands-on investigations explore accuracy, force, and trajectory by changing one variable at a time. Keep everything consistent for the highest accuracy, or swap out light, medium, and heavy resistance bands to change the force behind beanbags. Then experiment with degree of release to alter the trajectory of projectiles.

When lessons conclude, allow students to learn autonomously using trial and error to hone their accuracy! Older students can apply critical thinking to generate ideas about the differences between accuracy and precision or kinetic and potential energy. An ABS frame is lightweight but durable, withstanding shot after shot and allowing for far-flinging STEM lessons almost anywhere. Bands connect easily via carabiners and are covered for safety.

Lesson direction is adaptable to grade ranges K-4 and 5-8 and details setup instructions, activities by grade level, learning objectives, and teaching suggestions to expand lessons. Accommodates 6 students. Recommended for Elementary and up.

Kit includes:

  • SlingStudy Frame (41"L x 47"W x 28"H; 16 lb), 1 Ea
  • Resistance Bands, Set of 6 (2 Ea Light, Medium, Heavy)
  • Beanbags, 6 Ea
  • Lesson Direction

Next Generation Science Standards*:

  • 2-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
  • 2-PS2-2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
  • 3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
  • 3-PS2-2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
  • 4-PS3-4: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
  • 5-PS2-1: Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
  • 3-5-ETS1-3: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
  • MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
  • MS-PS2-4: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
  • HS-PS2-1: Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.
  • HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motion of objects and energy associated with the relative positions of objects.

*The Next Generation Science Standards are a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics*:

  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.4: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.1: Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units and convert from one unit to a larger unit and from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.C.6: Measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor. Sketch angles of specified measure.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.A.1: Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real-world problems.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.5: Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.CED.A.2: Create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities.

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards. Washington, DC: Authors.