Welcome to The Project Approach! On this page you will find the resources for our class Projects.

Parent Information
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 Forces and Motion in Transportation Research Information

Ms.Madlon has great resources on her website. Click here to explore.

Car Steering explained in a video
​Car Engine video for kids

Video Airplanes explained
Brainpop Airplanes
NASA explains how planes fly, change direction and the forces
Forces when turning a plane
How Jets work with lots of good information for kids

Cruise Ships

How Cruise Ships Float from How Stuff Works
How Cruise Ships Float video from USA Today.
Boats Float explained Kids Sci
YOU MAY NEED ADULT HELP WITH THESE MODELS!
Make a model boat
PBS Kids show how to make a paddle boat
Another paddle boat model

Rollercoasters

Roller  Coaster Simulator
Video explaining and showing magnets on track. Use engines.
Magnetic Forces and wisegeeks
Types of energy during a roller coaster ride


There are a variety of resources that are about force and motion to help you identify the forces that make things move. Keep a list of important vocabulary.
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Easy Science for Kids has videos about forces and uses great vocabulary.
PBS video Science Trek about force and motion.​

Project Preview
Read about Gravity: Student Code: mrq8712 
Part 1: Watch the video on this page. In your science notebook, answer this question: How does gravity affect the motion of objects on or near Earth? (3.P.1.3) 
Write the question in your science notebook and then answer it.
If you need more help to answer this question, then go to these videos:
BrainPop: Gravity  (user: wcalstonridge pw: brainpop
​BrainPop Jr: Gravity