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SlingStudy Mini Kits

Teach powerful lessons in force and trajectory with a smaller version of our SlingStudy Slingshot!
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Explore accuracy, force, and trajectory by running hands-on experiments with this mini slingshot. The smaller size is perfect for classroom use and can be contained on a single desktop! During use, students will fire projectiles and study their flight paths, altering variables like degree of release and resistance (by adding or removing included rubber bands). Students will learn the difference between accuracy and precision, discuss signature properties of potential and kinetic energy, and more.

Kit includes 1 frame (18"L x 20"W x 16"H), 6 Rainbow mini beanbags, 40 rubber bands, and lesson direction with setup instructions, activities by grade level, learning objectives, and teaching suggestions to expand lessons. Kit accommodates 4 students. Set of 4 accommodates 16 students. Recommended for Elementary and up.

For an overview of the lesson direction, click here.

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.