Where are we now and where might be going?
Key Concept
Relationship
Related Concept
Movement,
Models
Global Context
Orientation in space and time
Statement of Inquiry
Through making models of the world we understood how place and time relate to motion and we have made the world seem a smaller place.
Key Words
balance
force
gradient
motion
pollution
slope
transport
Questions
Factual Question:
Where did we come from?
How did we get here?
How do we determine distance and location?
What are coordinates?
How can we measure the speed?
What Is the greatest known speed?
What Is a force?
What can cause a force?
How do forces affect motion?
What happens when forces balance?
Conceptual Question:
How can we represent motion? What Is gravity?
Debatable Question:
Should we all be able to travel wherever we like, Whenever we like, however, we like?
Now share and compare your thoughts and ideas with your partner, or with the whole class.
Learner Profile
Reflective: We will reflects of the impacts, advantages and disadvantages of greater human movement.
Objectives
Find out: How humans have traveled over time, and how they represented their place in space?
Explore: the effects of forces on motion, and how we have learned to travel faster.
Take action to investigate consequences of mass transportation by motor vehicles on local and global environments, and communicate your scientific opinions on the impact of measures to limit pollution from cars.
Reflection
In this unit, we have described how early humans traveled across the Earth, and summarized the ways in which human civilization developed measurements. We have constructed charts and graphs to present information on motion in space and time, and determined speeds, velocities and accelerations from those charts. We have described how forces affect motion, and demonstrated what happens when forces balance. We have described how transportation systems have developed in time, and evaluated the impacts of mass transportation on local and global environments.
ATL Skills
Collaboration skills
Information literacy skills
Media literacy skills
Critical thinking skills
Creative thinking skills
Assessment
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding
Criterion C: Processing and evaluating
Criterion D: Reflecting on the impacts of science.
Links to Other Subject
Scientists who study the history and behavior of human beings are known as anthropologists. The evidence of early human history is gathered using scientific techniques by archeologists.
A Journey Through Science
Assessment
Extention
Search Global Positioning System to find out how we can now know our exact position at any time using even a small handheld or wearable device.
Key to Approaches to Learning
Accuracy and precision
When scientists make measurements, they need to be sure that the measurements are reliable. This means
that whoever makes the measurement, wherever they are made and under whatever conditions, the answer obtained will always be the same.
If a number of measurements are precise, they will be’in close agreement with each other.
If a measurement is accurate, it will be close to an expected value.
What are ATL Skills?
I Communication
II Collaboration
III Organization
IV Affective
V Reflection
VI Information Literacy
VII Media Literacy
VIII Critical Thinking
IX Creativity and Innovation
X Transfer
Command Words
Command words appear in an assessment task and can also be called instructional, operational or task words.
They indicate what approach should be applied to the information found.
Glossary