Do-it-Yourself K-12 STEM Enrichments
Forces in Motion

What Will You Learn?
After doing the activities in this video you should have a basic understanding of force, inertia, friction, as well as balanced and unbalanced forces.

Description
In this video, several hands-on activities and experiments are demonstrated. Follow along with the demonstrations, do the activities and answer several follow-up questions. The hands-on activity involves building a vehicle that moves by using force (of air).

Materials and Equipment Needed for each student or pair of students
• 8 1/2" x 11" card stock or construction paper
• scissors
• straws
• disc shaped candies (similar to "Lifesavers")
• tape
• Data Collection Sheet
• Puffmobile Instructions (pdf file is external link, provided by PBS Kids and WGBH)

Forces in Motion Video