Newton's Third Law of Motion visits STEM

What do launching marbles and balloon powered vehicles have in common? Newton's Third Law of Motion, of course. The fourth and fifth grade students at CES recently confirmed that  "every action has an equal and opposite reaction." During a recent visit to CES rooftop garden, students launched marbles and found that there was a direct correlation between the amount of force applied and the distance that the marble traveled. They applied this knowledge to their engineering challenge of designing and building a balloon powered vehicle. I bet Sir Issac Newton would have really enjoyed this STEM challenge!

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