Middle School Math

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The Newton Car Project

This project originally was an activity posted on the NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project. However, a colleague and I expanded it into a project with a nod to “Junkyard Wars.” This lesson is one part of a unit on Motion, Forces and Energy that includes activities and demonstrations. Students apply Newton's Laws of motion to construct a vehicle that moves forward by propelling an object backwards. ISTE NETS-S: Show-Me Standards: GLE:

Reviewed July 25, 2007.