UNIT DESCRIPTION: Students will comprehend the meaning of acceleration, deceleration, and calculate speed. Understand what force is, and differentiate between balanced and unbalanced forces. Students will comprehend Newton's Law of Motion.
SCI.5.2.2.A.a
Identify the forces acting on a load and use a spring scale to measure the weight (resistance force) of the load
SCI.5.2.2.D.a
Describe how friction affects the amount of force needed to do work over different surfaces or through different media
SCI.5.2.2.F
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
Design and construct a machine, using materials and/or existing objects, that can be used to perform a task (Assess Locally)
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
Identify the forces acting on a load and use a spring scale to measure the weight (resistance force) of the load
SCI.5.2.2.D.a
Describe how friction affects the amount of force needed to do work over different surfaces or through different media
SCI.5.2.2.F
- Explain how work can be done on an object (force applied and distance moved) (No formula calculations at this level)
- Identify the simple machines in common tools and household items
- Compare the measures of effort force (measured using a spring scale to the nearest Newton) needed to lift a load with and without the use of simple machines
- Observe and explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force
- Formulate testable questions and explanations (hypotheses)
- Recognize the characteristics of a fair and unbiased test
- Conduct a fair test to answer a question
- Make suggestions for reasonable improvements or extensions of a fair test
- Make qualitative observations using the five senses
- Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
- Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., hand lenses, magnets, thermometers, metric rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, spring scales)
- Measure length to the nearest centimeter, mass to the nearest gram, volume to the nearest milliliter, temperature to the nearest degree Celsius, force/weight to the nearest Newton
- Compare amounts/measurements
- Judge whether measurements and computation of quantities are reasonable
- Use quantitative and qualitative data as support for reasonable explanations
- Use data as support for observed patterns and relationships, and to make predictions to be tested
- Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation
- Analyze whether evidence supports proposed explanations
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
- oral presentations
- drawings and maps
- data tables
- graphs (bar, single line, pictograph)
- writings
Design and construct a machine, using materials and/or existing objects, that can be used to perform a task (Assess Locally)
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Force and Motion (video)
Newton's First Law: Inertia (video)
Newton's Second Law: Acceleration (video)
Newton's Third Law: Action - Reaction (video)
Simple Machines (slideshow)
Gravity and Inertia (video)
Simple Machines - QUIZ
KEYWORDS:
force / motion / inertia / friction / velocity / speed /acceleration /simple machine / fulcrum / pulley / lever / wheel and axle / inclined plane / gravity / net force / gravitational force
Force and Motion (video)
Newton's First Law: Inertia (video)
Newton's Second Law: Acceleration (video)
Newton's Third Law: Action - Reaction (video)
Simple Machines (slideshow)
Gravity and Inertia (video)
Simple Machines - QUIZ
KEYWORDS:
force / motion / inertia / friction / velocity / speed /acceleration /simple machine / fulcrum / pulley / lever / wheel and axle / inclined plane / gravity / net force / gravitational force
LESSON PLAN #1 Teaching Method:
Title: FORCE AND MOTION
Topic Description: Students will
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.2.2.A Forces are classified as either contact (pushes, pulls, friction, buoyancy) or non-contact forces (gravity, magnetism), that can be described in terms of direction and magnitude
- a. Identify the forces acting on a load and use a spring scale to measure the weight (resistance force) of the load
LESSON PLAN #2 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.2.2.D Newton's Laws of Motion explain the interaction of mass and forces, and are used to predict changes in motion
- a. Describe how friction affects the amount of force needed to do work over different surfaces or through different media
LESSON PLAN #3 Teaching Method:
Title: FORCE AND MOTION
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.2.2.F Work transfers energy into and out of a mechanical system
- a. Explain how work can be done on an object (force applied and distance moved)
- b. Identify the simple machines in common tools and household items
- c. Compare the measures of effort force (measured using a spring scale to the nearest Newton) needed to lift a load with and without the use of simple machines
- d. Observe and explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force
EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES: FORCES AND MOTION
A New Spin On Motion
Eggstacle Course
Egg Drop
Four Forces of Flight
Cotton Ball Catapult
Balloon Rockets
VIDEOS
Study Jams!: Force and Motion
A New Spin On Motion
Eggstacle Course
Egg Drop
Four Forces of Flight
Cotton Ball Catapult
Balloon Rockets
VIDEOS
Study Jams!: Force and Motion