Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Physical Science, Technology, Forces and Motion, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
In this episode, watch and learn alongside NASA astronaut Suni Williams as NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Jeff Williams demonstrate Newton’s First Law of Motion in microgravity aboard the International Space Station. How does this physics phenomena compare with the motion we experience here on the Earth’s surface? Watch this episode to test your hypothesis and explore Newton’s First Law in the Classroom Connection lesson plan released with this video.
Classroom Connection: Newton’s First Law of Motion
Grade Level: 6-12
Time Required: 60 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
MS-PS2-2. Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends n the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.