Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion (e-book)

eBook | May 2011

Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series in 2002 with Force and Motion—offering…

Let the Dogs Out: Using Bobble Head Toys to Explore Force and Motion

Journal Article | March 2003

Even the simplest of toys can be great tools for promoting interest in physical science principles. Test the basic physics, systems, and simple machines of bobble toys, then help students build their own versions.

Force and Motion Ideas

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…

Gravitating Toward Reggio: Let the children lead their learning about the concepts of forces and motion

Journal Article | March 2000

In the “Reggio Emilia Approach,” the teacher elicits ideas from children and channels the curriculum through long-term projects. The children’s predictions lay the foundation for many observations, discussions, and…

Forces and motion

Collection | March 2020

Motion

Force & Motion

Collection | April 2020

Force and Motion

Interactive E-book | August 2015

The Force and Motion Interactive E-book* explores the effects of forces on the motion of objects for both a conceptual and real-world understanding, using common, observable examples, like running, billiards, and motion…