Case Study 3
CS3: Leaving Earth
LT3: I can use my understanding of forces and speed to explain how a rocket could leave Earth.
MLT4: I can calculate the speed of an object using the speed, distance, time equation
MLT5: I can calculate the surface area of a geodesic dome, and a create a to-scale design.
Video to collect data if you didn't get it in the lesson for our assessed piece.
IMG_0927.MOV
Example data you could use to draw a distance-time graph and answer Option B on the Assessment.
Only use this if you are unable to collect your own data from the video to the left or your own data from our lesson.
How to draw distance-time graphs
How to interpret (read) distance-time graphs
Free body diagrams
How to draw free body diagrams when there are balanced forces and when there are unbalanced forces.
Pushing for 4.0+
Free body diagrams in different scenarios.
Includes how to calculate the resultant (net) force as well as the impacts on motion (movement) of the object.
Fieldwork preparation and pre-reading
Check out his biography here.
2. What did Sir Isaac Newton invent?
You might be surprised! Check out his top 10 inventions here.
3. Newton's Three Laws
A useful 3D video animation to help you understand Newton's three laws of Physics (12 mins).
4. NASA's introduction to the International Space Station
Video here (8 mins).
5. What is it like living on the International Space Station?
NASA explain how they 'take out the trash' in this video (five videos are on the playlist, 2-8 mins).
6. Resources about daily life aboard the ISS.
Links directly to the NASA website with lots of videos about everything from eating, to exercising, to sleeping aboard the ISS.
7. Tim Peake
His background and how he became an astronaut.
8. What has the ISS done for us?
Find out how research on the ISS has benefitted us on Earth with this article from NASA about medical research, developing new technologies and microgravity experiments.
9. What is microgravity?
An article from NASA explaining what causes the microgravity environment on orbiting spacecraft.
10. How can we view space from Earth?
Find out about the Lovell Telescope, the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the UK and the third largest in the world.
Rubrics
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Rubric for SLT 3.1: I can explain the factors which affect the speed of an object.
Rubric for SLT 3.2: I can explain the forces involved when a rocket is launched from Earth.
Learning notes and questions to try out:
- Speed, distance, time
- Distance-time graphs
- Relative motion
Learning notes and questions to try out:
- Balanced forces
- Unbalanced forces
- Contact forces
Forces overview video
BBC Bitesize (9 mins)
Forces song
An introduction to forces, referencing gravity specifically but also the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces.
Newton's First Law of Motion
Every object in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it.
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Force equals mass times acceleration
f = ma
Newton's Third Law of Motion
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Make your own force meter
Instructions to make your own force meter, using only a couple of straws, an elastic band and two paper clips!
Make your own rocket
Instructions to make your own rocket, using paper, tape, a plastic bottle and some plumbing off-cuts. Be sure to wear eye protection and take it outside if you try this!