This bundle opens with an activity that was conducted as a lab but was repurposed as a demonstration during remote teaching/distance learning (RT;DL). It's a station exploration of "Inertia in Action".
Next up is "Clever Dumbbell," a classic inertia demonstration that challenges intuition.
Another classic follows with "Cannonball," where a cannonball is dropped from the mast of a moving ship.
With those experiences experienced, we deliver a classroom lesson that begins (and ends) with Aristotle before presenting Galileo's and Newton's findings.
From there we move on with a question set for "Newton's First Law" from Conceptual Physics Alive! And then The Mechanical Universe's exposition on "Inertia".
We end with questions on a raft of YouTube videos in which inertia plays a central role.
The Mechanical Universe episode introduces us to Galileo Galilei. For a more extensive look into the times, triumphs, and troubles of this character who features prominently in the history of physics, take a look at Galileo's Battle for the Heavens, a two-hour NOVA special based on Dava Sobel's best-selling Galileo's Daughter.
All resources are available individually. All are Google Docs files on Google Drive. All include answer keys.
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