Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats

Forces & Motion Adventure Pack

Across the wide-open Bonneville Salt Flats, motion is spiraling out of control.

Pushes and pulls are misdirected. Gravity is overpowering forward motion. Friction is slowing racers unexpectedly, and balanced forces are tipping out of alignment. Ari Raider has detected a disruption in the force system and needs explorers to restore balance before the race grinds to a halt.

In Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats, students are dropped into a high-speed physical science mission where every force matters. By learning how pushes and pulls create motion, how gravity and friction affect movement, and how mass, speed, acceleration, and inertia interact, explorers must stabilize the track and bring the system back into balance.

This adventure blends foundational physics concepts with story, exploration, and optional hands-on discovery.

About This Adventure Pack

Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats is designed for elementary explorers and connects directly to an interactive online adventure.

Students can complete the Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats adventure online for free, including access to free printable trading cards that match this experience. The online adventure delivers the full learning and story-driven mission without requiring a physical kit.

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For families or classrooms that want to extend the experience, this Adventure Pack adds a hands-on excavation and collectible cards that bring the physics mission into the physical world.

The learning experience is the same whether students use the physical pack or not. The pack simply adds a tactile, collectible layer to the adventure.

What This Adventure Covers

Each Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure Pack explores core forces and motion concepts, including:

• Force – A push or pull that can change motion
• Push & Pull – Basic types of forces
• Gravity – A force that pulls objects toward Earth
• Friction – A force that slows motion between surfaces
• Mass – The amount of matter in an object
• Speed – How fast something moves
• Acceleration – A change in speed or direction
• Inertia – The tendency of an object to resist change in motion
• Balanced Forces – Equal forces that cancel each other out

Each topic appears naturally within the adventure and is required to move the story forward, reinforcing learning through exploration rather than memorization.

What’s Inside the Pack

• Adventure-Filled Field Pack (6×9 Adventure Pouch)
• Adventure Mission Card
• Interactive Online Adventure
• Knowledge Card Pack
• Mystery Dig Kit
• Dig Stick Tool
• Cleaning Wipe
• Mystery Collectible Specimen (Gemlet)
• Gemlet Storage Container
• Excavating Adventures Sticker

Why Kids Love It

Racing across salt flats, testing friction, controlling acceleration, and uncovering a real mystery specimen makes learning feel like driving a high-speed science experiment.

Why Teachers and Parents Love It

Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats supports elementary physical science standards through clear force-and-motion vocabulary, real-world physics applications, and systems thinking. The adventure works for whole-class instruction, science centers, small groups, or independent learning — with or without the physical pack.

Free Adventure Option

Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats is also available online for free, including free printable trading cards that align directly with this adventure. No purchase is required to participate.

This reflects our mission at Excavating Adventures: to make engaging, story-driven adventures accessible to everyone.

👉 Explore the free Saltflat Sprint at Bonneville Salt Flats adventure here:
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