Motion Labs to Explore Newton's 3 Laws of Motion for 4th Grade Gifted and Talented Students.

1. Exploring
Newton’s Laws of Motion

2. Lab 1-Penny on a Card Experiment
 Law 1-an object at rest stays at rest as an object in
motion stays in motion until a force is applied to it.
 Place a note card over the mouth of a jar. Place a bear
counter or small weighted object on top of the
card. Remove the card so that the counter drops straight
down into the jar.
 This is like pulling a tablecloth out from under the dishes
and the dishes staying in place.
 In your flipbook, write about how this lab goes with the
first law of motion.

3. Lab 2-Catching Coins Experiment
 Law 1-an object at rest stays at rest as an object in motion
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stays in motion until a force is applied to it.
*Practice this first to determine how many quarters you are
comfortable using.*
Bend your elbow and place your hand at your ear, so that
your forearm is perpendicular to your face.
Stack the quarter(s) on the flat portion of your elbow.
Throw your arm forward slowly and try to catch the coins
with the same hand (this will probably not be possible).
Repeat, this time moving your arm quickly enough to catch
the coins.
In your flipbook, write about how this lab goes with the first
law of motion.

4. Lab 3-Superball Launcher Experiment
 Law 2-the more force on an object, the more it accelerates.
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But the more massive it is, the more it resists acceleration.
Do this experiment outside.
First bounce the basketball and tennis ball side by side to
compare their bounces. Start them off around chest height.
Make a hypothesis (a guess) about what will happen when you
stack the small ball on top of the bigger one and then drop
it. Record this in your flipbook.
Try it! It may take a couple tries to line them up just right but
the results are pretty awesome.
In your flipbook, write about how this lab goes with the
second law of motion.

5. Lab 4-Marble Madness Experiment
 Law 3-when one object exerts a force on a second object,
the second object exerts an equal but opposite force on
the first.
1. Tape the ruler to a level table or countertop.
2. Place five marbles in a row in the center groove of the
ruler. Place them together, touching each other.
3. Roll a sixth marble down the groove into the other
marbles.
4. Repeat the experiment, but this time roll two marbles
into the row of five.
5. Try it with different numbers of marbles.
6. In your flipbook, write about how this lab goes with the
third law of motion.