Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Physical Science, Technology, Forces and Motion, Space Station
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
Watch NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei demonstrate Newton’s Third Law of Motion on the International Space Station by exhibiting an equal and opposite force pair. What are some examples of equal and opposite force pairs on earth and in space?
Classroom Connection: Newton’s Third Law: Rocket Races
Note: Updated Version: Physics: Rocket Races (added 2/2024)
Grade Level: 6-8
Time Required: 60-90 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards:
MS-PS2-1. Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.