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Start to STEM Forces Kits
Empower students to explore the science of motion with a hands-on curriculum focused on forces. Students investigate key concepts like friction, gravity, air resistance, and momentum through interactive activities that build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This engaging STEM kit aligns with STEM education goals by encouraging inquiry, experimentation, and real-world application. Force and motion experiments are a great addition to Career and Technical Education programs as lessons foster interest in fields such as advanced manufacturing and construction.
With tools like LearnLauncher, LeverClass, and ForceCourse, learners explore effort, load, and mechanical advantage using simple machines. CrashCourse and MomentumMeasure bring Newton’s Laws of Motion to life through dynamic experiments. Students use TakeOffTest, CreateKit Flight Mission, and ResistanceRace to understand flight and resistance, fostering curiosity and engineering thinking. GraviTEACH Mini helps them visualize gravitational pull and how mass affects gravitational fields.
Each component is designed to deepen understanding of physical science while promoting collaboration, creativity, and resilience. This curriculum transforms abstract concepts into tangible experiences that inspire future innovators. Assembly required. Accommodates 24 students. Recommended for Middle School.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS.
Click here to download a sample of the curriculum manual.
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Equipment Only Kit includes:
- Measuring Physics Set, 1 Ea
- Spring Scales Sets, 5 Ea
- Digital Scale, 1 Ea
- QuickCups Stacking Cups, Set of 12
- Simple Machine Posters, 1 Set
- LearnLauncher Mini Catapult Kit, 6 Ea
- LeverClass Adjustable Lever Kit, 6 Ea
- SlingStudy Mini Slingshot Kit, 6 Ea
- ForceCourse Mini Pulley System, 6 Ea
- CreateKit Flight Mission Kit, 1 Ea
- GraviTEACH Mini Kit, 6 Ea
- ResistanceRace Kit, 4 Ea
- TakeOffTest Deluxe Paper Airplane Launcher Kit, 1 Ea
- TakeOffTest Paper Airplane Kit Launcher Only, 5 Ea
- Flight Hoops, 6 Ea
- MomentumMeasure Kit, 1 Ea
- CrashCourse Kit, 3 Ea
- Floor Tape, 1 Roll
- Notecards, 100 Ea
Equipment and Manual Kit includes:
- Equipment Only Kit, 1 Set
- Comprehensive curriculum manual outlining 12, 1+ hour lessons that align with Next Generation Science Standards for Middle School (Grades 6-8). All lessons include standards alignment, hands-on learning activities, vocabulary, reflection questions, teaching suggestions, and lesson extension options. Worksheets and student resources included in the manual.
Kit includes:
- Equipment and Manual Kit, 1 Set
- A live virtual professional development training hosted by a STEM expert for your school on the contents of this kit. Each three-hour training covers best practices for teaching the activities covered in the manual and provides your teachers with a hands-on and engaging approach to STEM pedagogy. If you choose this option, you will be contacted by a STEM Supplies trainer to schedule your workshop.
For more information or to schedule a training, call our STEM Supplies sales representative at 855-826-4528.
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- MS-ESS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
- MS-ESS1-3: Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
- MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
- MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
- MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
- MS-PS2-1: Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
- 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.
- MS-PS2-5: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
- MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
- MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
- MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
*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.