Step up force and motion lesson plans and your Newton’s Laws projects with a science activity ALL your students will LOVE! These fun force and motion activities tackle Newton’s Third Law with a comic style. You will get an animated slideshow, a bite-size science lab, projects, worksheets, coloring pages, and more.
Ideal for struggling readers, English language learners (ESL, ELL), graphic novel lovers, and everyone in between. KIDS LOVE COMICS because they have the power to tap into visual learning and make reading FUN
Overview
What happens when an unknotted, inflated balloon is released? The balloon flies all over the place! This phenomenon is an example of Newton’s Third Law. Examine action-reaction pairs of forces in real-world situations. Readers will find the examples of action and reaction easy to understand, relate to, and remember. At the end of the comic, there is a fun activity involving balloons and harnessing their “power” to create balloon rockets.
This Newtons 3rd Laws of Motion download includes:
Lesson Plan Template-
- This maps out all of your teaching options and how you can stretch this one lesson over a whole week.
Google Slideshow Link–
- Once you download the PDF, you will gain access to a fully animated Google slideshow.
- Perfect for engagingly delivering the content.
Fully Colored Newton’s 3rd Law Comic–
- Perfect for projecting on the front board
- Improves accessibility
- Enlarge to create a vivid force and motion anchor chart poster
Black and White Version–
- Easy to print
- Makes a fun science coloring sheet!
- A great addition to interactive science notebooks
Guided Notes Version–
- Fill in the blank!
- Use as a guided reading or guided note-taking tool
- Multiple formats allow easy differentiation based on your teaching needs
- Another great addition to interactive science notebooks
Doodle Notes-
- Many words remain, but images are missing
- Students take notes and draw the missing aspects
- Drawing content helps solidify understanding
Action-Reaction Science Worksheet–
- Students examine illustrated situations and decide what action-reaction pairs are present.
- Reinforces the concept of action/reaction
Balloon Rocket Lab-
- Students demonstrate action-reaction with this low-prep, hands-on activity
- The lab includes follow-up questions.
- Balloon-Rocket-Preview
One-Pager Comic Project–
- A completely blank comic template
- Two formats provided
- Students can draw vertical lines where they see fit.
Bonus Force and Motion Word Search
Answer Keys and Rubrics
Teacher Tips– Tips and instruction ideas for you!
Easel Version– For your students’ Google Classroom or learning devices!
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- Everything listed above
- The Balloon Powered Car Challenge with follow-up questions
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Teach physical science with comics! Students LOVE reading comics. Engage your learners in reading about Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion with these unique, comic-based learning activities.
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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.
ACTIVE LEARNING
- Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
- Instructions are in a visual format
- Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included
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 (ELL, ESL) and some SPED students find success.
Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!
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