Momentum Lesson and Formula Practice

Upgrade your forces and interactions unit with a momentum lab and lesson plan your students will LOVE. Unlike most science worksheets and activities, this product presents the content in an engaging COMIC FORMAT. Get a Google Slideshow, content, Doodle Notes, practice problems, a lesson plan template, creative activities, and a unique hands-on STEM activity.

Students will enjoy crashing their cars into things as they test how velocity and mass affect their car’s strength. This low-prep, wallet-friendly STEM activity will keep them engaged in learning despite the distractions of summer.

Teach science with comics and engage a wider range of learning styles including struggling readers and English language learners (ESL, ELL)! Comics have the power to deliver information VISUALLY making them an effective learning tool for all levels of readers.

What is covered?

This lesson plan explains the concept of momentum with highly visual comics, animated slideshow, and hands-on learning. Compare the momentum of an elephant and a squirrel riding bicycles. Readers will discover how mass and velocity play a role in an object’s momentum and solidify their understanding with the follow-up practice worksheet. This silly comic is a memorable way to grasp the concept.

This Momentum Lab and Lesson Plan includes:

Lesson Plan Template- Available in the preview of this product

Google Slides Link-

• Editable and shareable
• Breaks the comic into individual slides

Momentum Comic–

• Perfect for projecting on the front board
• Add to your forces and motion anchor chart poster collection
• Serves as an engaging reading passage

Black and White Version–

• Easy to print!
• Fun science coloring sheet!

Doodle Notes Version–

• Fill-in-the-blank!
• Use as guided reading or guided note-taking tool
• Great for interactive science notebooks

Practice Problems–

• Students can apply what they have learned
• Maintains the comic style to keep kids engaged
• Another great addition to interactive science notebooks

One Pager Project–

• A completely blank comic template
• Students can draw in vertical lines where they see fit.
• Two rubrics to serve as instructions for students and a grading tool for you.
• Rubrics are adjusted to accommodate different learning levels.

Hands-on Momentum Lab-

• Students will observe momentum in action with this low-prep demo
• The second part of this lab encourages learners to use inquiry skills to explore their curiosities about momentum
• Students will make predictions, answer questions, and relate it all to momentum.

Answer Key for Doodle Notes, Momentum Demo, and Practice Problems

Bonus Science Word Search

Related Products

Transfer of Energy Full Lesson Package

Force and Motion Lesson Plan

Standards

HS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Momentum is defined for a particular frame of reference; it is the mass times the velocity of an object.

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN! 

• This is the most crucial benefit.
• Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
• The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE. 

• About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
• Visual information is processed faster.
• Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement! 

• These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
• You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
• Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

• Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
• Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
• They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
• Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
• Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.