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This semester I taught science lessons on force and motion to a second grade class. To explore force and motion, my lessons covered activities such as a push and pull scavenger hunt, creating marble maze, and creating car ramps. We talked about force and motion used in each of these activities. My students loved these lessons and this topic. I would like to get ideas of other activities I can do with force and motion. Any suggestions? 

[b][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Here are many resources for teachers about teaching science and engineering in early childhood, particularly the science concepts in the University of Northern Iowa's CEESTEM Ramps and Pathways module using inclined planes. [/font][/size][/b] [center][b][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Not a complete list—add resources that you find valuable.[/font][/size][/b][/center] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Ramps and Pathways pages. University of Northern Iowa, Regents’ Center, Center for Early Education in Science, Technology, Science and Math (CEESTEM). [/font][/size][url=http://www.uni.edu/rampsandpathways/][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]http://www.uni.edu/rampsandpathways/[/font][/size][/url] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]”Methods and Strategies: Science and Literacy Centers” by Beth Van Meeteren and Lawrence Escalada.[i] Science and Children. [/i]March 2010.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]”[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Ramps and Pathways: Developmentally Appropriate, Intellectually Rigorous, and Fun Physical Science” by Betty Zan and Rosemary Geiken NAEYC journal, [i]Young Children,[/i] January 2010. [/font][/size][url=http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201001/ZanWeb0110.pdf][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201001/ZanWeb0110.pdf[/font][/size][/i][/url] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]”Ramps and Pathways early physical science program: Preparing educators as science mentors”, by Shelley [/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Counsell, Jill Uhlenberg, & Betty Zan. 2013.[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]In R. Yager (Ed.), [i]Exemplary science: Best practices in professional development.[/i] Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Revealing the Work of Young Engineers in Early Childhood Education[/font][/size][/i][b][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif] by Beth Van Meeteren & Betty Zan, [/font][/size][/b][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]SEED Papers: Published Fall 2010, University of Northern Iowa, [/font][/size][url=http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/beyond/seed/zan.html][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/beyond/seed/zan.html[/font][/size][/url] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]STEM Learning with Young Children Inquiry Teaching with Ramps and Pathways.[/font][/size][/i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif] 2016. Counsell, Shelly, and Lawrence Escalada, Rosemary Geiken, Melissa Sander, Jill Uhlenberg, Beth Van Meeteren, Yoshizawa, and Betty Zan. New York: Teachers College Press.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Ramps & Pathways: a constructivist approach to physics with young children [/font][/size][/i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]by Rheta DeVries and Christine Sales. [/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]. (2011). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Q&A with the authors of Ramps & Pathways book, [/font][/size][/i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Rheta DeVries and Christina Sales[/font][/size] [url=http://www.naeyc.org/event/ramps-and-pathways][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]http://www.naeyc.org/event/ramps-and-pathways[/font][/size][/i][/url] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]”[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Problem Solving and Physics in Preschool” by Julie Stoll, Ashley Ann Hamilton, Emilie Oxley, Angela Mitroff Eastmand, and Rachel Brent. 2012. [i]Young Children[/i] 67 (2): 20-26[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Peep and the Big Wide World website, Ramps[/font][/size] [url=http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/curriculum/family-child-care-educators/14/ramps/][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/curriculum/family-child-care-educators/14/ramps/[/font][/size][/url] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]”STEM for ALL Children: Preschool Teachers Supporting Engagement of Children With Special Needs in Physical Science Learning Centers” by Mary Donegan-Ritter. January 27, 2015. [i]Young Exceptional Children.[/i][/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]The Early Years: Drawing Movement by Peggy Ashbrook. [i]Science and Children. [/i]November 2012.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Symbol]¨[/font][/size][i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools [/font][/size][/i][size=3][font=Calibri, sans-serif]by Karen Worth and Sharon Gro

Thanks for sharing!