Net Force - Inferences Activity

Four illustrated clue cards, four quick decisions. A cart is pushed forward with 40 N while friction pushes back with 15 N. A lamp sits still on a desk. Two dogs pull a sled the same way. A skydiver drifts down at a steady speed. For each card, students circle what they can figure out about the net force, then underline the words that tipped them off. It is reasoning practice for TEKS 6.7B that fits in one page.

What's Included

• 1 student page: 4 illustrated inference cards with three answer choices each
• 1 teacher key page with the answer and the exact clue words for every card, plus a short note on handling the underlining task
• Letter-size PDF, no prep

How It Helps You Teach

• Moves students from vocabulary to reasoning: add forces in the same direction, subtract forces in opposite directions, recognize a zero net force
• Card 4 quietly targets the biggest misconception in this unit: an object moving at a steady speed has balanced forces
• The underlining step makes thinking visible without turning the sheet into a writing task

Pair It With

This sheet is part of a four-activity Net Force set: Context Clues, Inferences, Science in the News (Artemis II), and Science Sort (Balanced or Unbalanced?). Check out our library for the other three and the full set.

Standards: TEKS 6.7B; NGSS MS-PS2-2. Part of the Daily Science series by Workybooks.