Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Physical Science, Technology, Forces and Motion, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
Watch NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik demonstrate Newton’s Second Law of Motion on the International Space Station by applying a force to objects of different mass. Do you see the differences in acceleration?
Classroom Connection: Newton’s Second Law
Grade Level: 6-8
Time required: 90 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
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.