Gravity and Bottle Flipping (view)

Units included with this Open Author resource:

Andrea Mangold
Alignment:
PA.SCI.3.2.3.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.4.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.5.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.6.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.8.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.12.B1
The Physics Behind Bottle Flipping: What Substance Flips Best?
Keywords:
Data, Force, Gravity, Motion, Observation, Predictions, Substances, Graphing, Analysis, Hypothesis
Alignment:
PA.SCI.3.2.5.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.8.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.10.B1, PA.SCI.3.2.12.B1

Summary

This activity is designed to support a variety of STEM concepts: scientific method, making predictions, gathering and analyzing data, and developing conclusions based on experimentation. This activity draws on active student engagement, and is useful in many STEM content areas.