Our second semester has been super busy! Not only is the library hopping with books being checked in and out, but my science classes are rocking their way through the content to prepare for state testing in May.
We kicked off the second semester with Forces and Motion. It's a big topic! We worked a lot on forces, understanding new vocabulary, working with new units of measurement, demonstrating a bunch of pushes and pulls, and looking at net force.
As we were going through net force some students would get a little mixed up with whether they needed to add or subtract and which direction the object was moving. So, to give them some extra help I created a set of task cards with net force practice problems. I knew the only way to really get better at figuring out net force was for them to work through more practice problems.
I created the Net Force Problems Task Card Set for students to get the extra practice they needed to understand how to calculate net force. I created 40 task cards with various net force problems. I even added in a blank sheet of task cards for teachers and/or students to create their own net force problems. There is also an answer sheet and answer key provided.
Students can work on these during various parts of a lesson or even on different days. They could use these in the following ways.
1. A bell ringer: Assign just two or three cards as practice and have the student record their answer on their answer sheet. The teacher could score them and give feedback before they complete others.
2. Early Finisher Work: You have a student that finishes early? You have a few minutes of down time before a transition? Have them work a few problems for early finishers work.
3. Stations: I've done stations with my middle school students and they love it. This could be a very easy little station for them to work on their net force calculation practice.
4. Quick Assessment: Give students a variety of the task cards and use it as a quick assessment.
Task cards are great resources to use in many different ways. These net force task cards are simple to infuse in various ways in your classroom or lesson.
If you're interested in using these task cards in your classroom, you can get them by clicking the picture below to access the product in my TpT store.
