Unit X: Human in Motion
Big Idea: Use academic language and mathematical thinking to analyze how forces affect an object’s motion
Learning Goal #5: Provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the net force on the object and the mass of the object.
Assessment: Mars Rover
Guiding Questions:
What is motion?
How do you measure an object’s velocity?
How do you measure an object’s acceleration?
What is the difference between velocity and acceleration?
What is net force?
How do you determine the net force acting on an object?
What is mass?
What is Newton’s Second Law?
How does force affect an object’s motion?
How does mass affect an object’s motion?
What evidence did you collect in the Mars Rover design challenge?
How does this evidence connect to Newton’s 2nd Law?
Learning Goal #6: Apply Newton’s Laws of Motion to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
Assessment: Mars Lander
Guiding Questions:
What is Newton’s 1st Law?
What does Newton’s 1st law say about two colliding objects?
How did we use this law in the Mars Lander design challenge?
What is Newton’s 2nd Law?
What does Newton’s 2nd law say about two colliding objects?
How did we use this law in the Mars Lander design challenge?
What is Newton’s 3rd Law?
What does Newton’s 3rd law say about two colliding objects?
How did we use this law in the Mars Lander design challenge?
Resources for Learning Goal #5 and #6:
Learning Goal #7: Determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Guiding Questions:
What is electric force?
What factors affect the strength of an electric force?
What is magnetic force?
What factors affect the strength of a magnetic force?
How do electric and magnetic forces affect one another?
Resources for Learning Goal #7:
The purpose of this unit was to learn about Kinetic and Potential energy, and then be able to apply that knowledge to a model and your roller coasters. Here are the two learning goals you will be graded on: