7th- First 9 weeks
7th- First 9 weeks
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Predict how forces and mass affect an object's motion (MS-PS2-2)
Investigate the factors that the motion of an object depends on (MS-PS2-2)
Apply Newton's 3rd Law of Motion to design a vehicle that minimizes the impact of collisions (MS-PS2-1)
Illustrate with data the gravitational relationship between massive objects (MS-PS2-4)
Demonstrate with data that gravitational fields exist between objects, even if they are not in contact (MS-PS2-5)
Design a plan to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric forces (MS-PS2-3)
Synthesize information about the strength of magnetic forces from multiple sources (MS-PS2-3)
Explore the relationship between kinetic energy, mass, and speed (MS-PS3-1).
Develop a model to describe how changing the compression or extension of a spring alters the amount of potential energy stored in the system (MS-PS3-2)
Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that energy is only ever transferred, never created or destroyed (MS-PS3-5)
Plan an investigation to determine the relationship among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in temperature of a sample (MS-PS3-4)
Apply scientific principles to design and present a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer (MS-PS3-3)
Indiana 7th Grade Science State Standards
MS-PS2-1: Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
MS-PS2-3: Ask questions and design a plan to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
MS-PS2-4: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
MS-PS2-5: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
MS-PS3-4: Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.