Newtons House Of Forces

High School, Science

Units included in Newtons House of Forces 

  1. Isaac Newton – Pool Shark 
    • 2D Video
  2. Transforming with Wendy 
    • 360 Video on Electricity 
    • National runner-up teacher of the year, Wendy Martin, has a shocking experience with a Tesla Coil.
  3. Concussions at Purdue 
    • 360 Video
    • Take a field trip to a university that specializes in the impact and force of football helmets.
  4. Struck by Lightning
    • Animated 2D Video 
    • Watch an animated short about lightning and the story of a girl who is trying to avoid the experience.
  5. Force Field 
    • Game 
    • Play in a world where the laws of gravity are suspended and circus balls are objects to be hurled, pushed, directed and hit as we experience in 3D virtual reality Newton’s Laws.

NGSS standards cover Coulomb’s Law, Newton’s laws of motion, and the physics of energy, electricity and lightning.

  • Age Group: High School
  • Category: Physical Science
  • NGSS: HS-PS2-2, HS-PS2-3, HS-PS2-1, HS-PS2-5, HS-PS2-4
  • Runtime: 30-40 min.

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