Types of Forces and Simple Machines Middle School Bundle

Description

Do you dream of being able to cut your lesson planning time down and still have an engaging and varied program for teaching types of forces and simple machines? The Types of Forces and Simple Machines Middle School Bundle is designed to achieve exactly that. It contains over 50 pages of student worksheets, station activities, experiments, crosswords, 2 digital escape rooms, PLUS a full teacher answer booklet along with teacher notes for experiments and station activities.

The concepts of forces introduces a lot of new terminology and ideas that students may not have encountered before. Make teaching types of forces easy with this bundle.

What the types of forces workbook covers:

The types of forces workbook, activities and experiments cover key terms and concepts related to different types of forces and motion including the following terms:

• concept of force (pull force and push force)
• direct and indirect forces
• contact and non-contact forces
• types of forces in real world examples
• force of gravity / gravitational force
• electrostatic force
• magnetic force
• magnetic poles and magnetic fields
• friction force
• common forces of friction (helpful and unhelpful)
• frictional force on rough surfaces vs smooth surfaces
• Newton units
• helpful and unhelpful friction
• balanced and unbalanced forces
• buoyancy
• elastic force
• spring force
• vector quantity
• force diagrams and determining the motion of an object
• calculating net force
• 6 types of simple machines
• pulleys
• levers
• everyday life examples of forces and simple machines
• indigenous use of simple machines

Note: this resources doesn’t include Newton’s laws of motion. Please see my store for separate resources on Newton’s Laws.

What types of activities are included in the forces workbook?

• cloze passages with word banks
• worksheets
• station activities
• hands-on activities
• experiments
• crosswords

Why use digital escape rooms?

1. It is zero prep! Just share the link with students and away they go!

2. It is a fun and engaging way for students to review content in your science curriculum.

3. It builds important problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills and collaboration.

4. It can be used in a wide range of environments including in the traditional classroom, online learning (fully digital version included), homeschooling and distance learning.

5. It is self-marked so students receive instant feedback.

6. Full teacher answer key.

What is needed to access the escape rooms?

Students just need access to a device with internet access. While the escape room uses a Google Form, students are not required to sign in so they don’t need an account to play. The printable version is included as a pdf so you can choose how you’d like students to complete the forces escape room game activity.

Note: This is not meant to be a rigorous assessment. It is designed to be a fun way to review key terms and vocabulary related to Forces.

Note: Due to the nature of the form and privacy issues of students across multiple schools completing it, you won’t receive the results of students. Since it is self-marked and they can’t progress to the next level without getting the answer correct, this isn’t usually an issue. However, if you need to see that your students completed the task for accountability, after purchasing, please send me an email at katrina@theanimatedteacherblog.com and I will send you a form just for your class with the results spreadsheet.