Science

Current Unit - Force and Motion

Highlights of the Unit

Current:

Force & Motion

• Students will describe motion using position, speed, velocity, and acceleration.

• Students will interpret motion graphs (position-time and velocity-time) to explain how an object’s motion changes.

• Students will calculate speed, velocity, and acceleration using mathematical formulas.

• Students will identify different types of forces (gravity, friction, normal force, applied force, tension, air resistance).

• Students will determine the net force acting on an object by combining all forces.

• Students will predict how an object will move when forces are balanced or unbalanced.

• Students will draw and interpret free-body diagrams to represent forces acting on an object.

Upcoming:

Newton’s First Law (Inertia)

• I can explain inertia and how it relates to an object’s motion

• I can identify real-world examples of Newton’s First Law.

• I can predict motion when no net force acts on an object.

Newton’s Second Law (F = ma)

• I can explain how force, mass, and acceleration are related.

• I can calculate force, mass, or acceleration using Newton’s Second Law.
  I can describe how changing force or mass changes an object’s acceleration.

Newton’s Third Law (Action–Reaction)

• I can identify action-reaction force pairs in real-life scenarios.

• I can explain why action and reaction forces do not cancel each other out.

• I can apply Newton’s Third Law to predict motion in systems with interacting objects.

Current Standard(s) of Focus 

SOFs are included on the weekly spirals and spiral assessment

• Critical Evaluation of Scientific Information:  CESI.3 Communicate scientific or technical information or ideas (about phenomena or process development) in multiple formats (including orally, graphically, textually and mathematically)

• Scientific Investigation (Application of Investigative Practices):  SI.2 Determine and understand the function of independent, dependent, controlled variables and control group in a given experiment.

• Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Application:  DAIA.1 Construct, analyze, and interpret models of data.

Upcoming Summatives

• December 17th - Force & Motion Mid-summative Check #1 (No Level 4 question)

• TBD - Force & Motion Mid-summative Check #2 (No Level 4 question)

• TBD - Roller Coaster Project

• TBD - Force & Motion Final Assessment

Force and Motion Air Trolley Lab