Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Factors Affecting Friction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this instructional activity, students use previous knowledge about friction to formulate hypotheses concerning the effects of weight and contact area on the amount of friction between two surfaces. In the Associated Activities (Does...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Does Weight Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Using the same method for measuring friction that was used in the previous lesson (Discovering Friction), students design and conduct an experiment to determine if weight added incrementally to an object affects the amount of friction...