Experiment Title | Pages | Link to full text if available |
Swanson, Explore forces and motion! | entire book | |
Building Bridges | 6-7 | |
Slow It Down! (with friction) | 14-15 | |
Flying Paper Clip | 16 | |
Crumpled Or Square? (surface area effects friction) | 17 | |
Book Buddies | 18 | |
Try Galileo's Experiment | 26 | |
Weightless Water | 27 | |
Make Your Own Parachute | 28-29 | |
Can Gravity Be Ignored? | 30-31 | |
Body in Motion (demonstrate Newton's second law of motion) | 42 | |
Catch That Penny! (first law of motion) | 43 | |
It's Not Rocket Science. Well, Maybe It Is... (third law of motion) | 44 | |
Balloon Boat | 45 | |
Make The Car Go (with a magnet) | 53 | |
What's The Attraction? | 54-55 | |
Can You See The Lines? (of magnetic force) | 56-57 | |
Hovering Hoops (supported by magnetic force) | 58 | |
Archimede's Gold Experiment (determining density) | 68-69 | |
It's All About The Density (shapes sink or float) | 70 | |
Make Your Own Submarine | 71 | |
Pebbles Away! (lift with a lever) | 80 | |
Roll Like An Egyptian (minimize friction with rollers) | 81 | |
Ramp It Up! (use a ramp to help move objects) | 82 | |
Wire Transfer (a double pulley system) | 83 | |