Force and motion

Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs.

http://www.d11.org/doi/science/ScienceGrade5/Science5LeversandPulleys.htm

Friction
Explore this simulation to see how the friction created by different surfaces effects speed and distance traveled.
Forces and Movement
Investigate how the amount of force effects the distance traveled.
Forces in Action
Measure the effect an inclined plane has on the distance something travels.
Explore Simple and Compound Machines
Click here to explore simple and compound machines.
Magnetism
Review how magnets attract and repel.
Gravity and Friction
Learn all about the forces of gravity, friction, and air resistance.
Springs and Direction
Learn about balanced and unbalanced forces.
Investigate
How can you lift four times your weight?
Machines Make Life Easier
Click here to find out how.
Simple Machines
Click here to learn about simple machines, simply explained.
Inventor's Toolbox
Click here to learn about the elements of machines.
Test the Catapult
Click here to design and test a catapult machine to launch paintballs to hit the target.
Isaac Newton
Learn about Isaac Newton and his many accomplishments.
Laws of Motion
Click here to learn about Isaac Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Be sure to read about Galileo.
What is a force? http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/allaboutforces.htm
Skate board friction

http://scottforesman.com/science/games.html

Forces in action

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/forces_action/play.shtml

Balanced and unbalanced

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/balancedandun.htm

simple machines

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm

lesson plans http://www.d11.org/doi/science/ScienceGrade5/Science5LeversandPulleys.htm

Video

Forces in Motion

How Do Astronauts Float Inside the Space Shuttle?
http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/rtf/videos/RTFfloatcap.mov

Acceleration
http://www.brainpop.com//science/motionsandforces/acceleration/

Newton’s Laws of Motion
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/newtonslawsofmotion/

Sir Isaac Newton
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/isaacnewton/

Force
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/force/

Gravity
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/force/

Inclined Plane
http://www.brainpop.com//technology/simplemachines/inclinedplane/

Pulleys
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/simplemachines/pulley/

Levers
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/simplemachines/lever/

Work
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/work/

Buoyancy
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/buoyancy/

Power
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/power/

Relativity
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsandforces/relativity/

Wheel and Axle
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/simplemachines/wheelandaxle/

Potential Energy
http://www.brainpop.com//science/energy/potentialenergy/

Kinetic energy
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/kineticenergy/

Temperature
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/temperature/

Nuclear Energy
http://www.brainpop.com//science/energy/nuclearenergy/

Activities

Lab Form - Blank*note: specific form right of activity
Speed (4.01) - Lab Form
Motion (4.01, 4.02, 4.04) - Lab Form
Wheels (4.03) - Lab Form
Inertia (4.05) - Lab Form
Momentum (4.05) - Lab Form
Variables (4.05) - Lab Form
Creating a Scale Model (4.06) - Lab Form
Pulley Power (4.07) - Lab Form

Newton’s First Law
http://www.imsa.edu/programs/kidsinstitute/wheels/fi2.php

Coin Tower
http://www.imsa.edu/programs/kidsinstitute/wheels/fi2a.php

Inertia Log
http://www.imsa.edu/programs/kidsinstitute/wheels/fi2b.php

Slapstick Science -- The Notion of Motion Workshop.
These activities can also be used a single class activities.
http://www.slapstickscience.com/programs/motion_workshop.php

Simple Machines – the machine as a lever
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/sm_03.pdf

Brown Paper Bag Simple Machines
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/sm_02.pdf

Wacky Inventions Using Simple Machines
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/sm_01.pdf

Attach of the Straws (Inertia and momentum)
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/straws.html

Make a Turbine
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/turbine.html

Pendulum – what makes it swing?
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/pendulum/what_makes_swing.html

Stranger Than Friction
http://www.kcplkids.com/sl_friction.html

Literature Connections

Wheels and Cranks by Angela Royston
How wheels and cranks are used in complex machines. 4.03

Learning about Simple Machines with Graphic Organizers by Jonathan Kravetz
Short studies about how simple machines (screwdriver, lever, wheel and axle, pulley,
gear, inclined plane, wedges) work. 4.07

Pulleys and Gears by Angela Royston
An illustrated overview of simple machines.
Describes drive belts, bevel gears, bicycles clocks and watches. 4.07

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Mrs. Frisby enlists the help of rats whose former imprisonment in a lab made them wise
and civilized to move their house from the path of the farmer's plow.
The rats use simple machines to move the house. 4.07

Technology Connections

EdHeads: The Odd Machine

EdHeads: Simple Machines

Simple Machines (2 activities: at home and in the tool shed)
http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm

Simple Machines Glossary Page
http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/glossary.htm

Simple Machines – Investigate the Facts
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/invest.htm

Compound Machines (interactive game)
http://edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/frame_loader.htm

Compound Machines Glossary Page
http://edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/glossary.htm

All About Forces. Park World Theme Park (interactive game)
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot.htm

Design a Roller Coaster
http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/

What Exciting New Inventions are Around the Corner? See How Engineers Use the Science of Forces
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/discovermore/forcesandmotion.htm

Pendulum Factiods
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/pendulum/factoids.html

Make the Pendulum Swing (interactive game)
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/pendulum/factoids.html

Goldberger to Go!
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/game.html

3-Puck Chuck
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/3puckchuck/3puckgame.html

Wright Flight
http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/feature_wright.html

The Wright Brothers Game
http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/games/wb2k3/wb2k3.html

Space Shuttle Fun Facts
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/F_Space_Shuttle_Fun_Facts.html

Steps to Countdown
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/artsstories/AS_Steps_to_Countdown.html

The Best Dressed Astronauts (why kind of clothes do astronauts need to take with them)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/F_Best_Dressed_Astronaut.html

How Do Things Fly?
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/wonder_of_flight/how_things.html

Friction Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/friction.shtml

Friction (interactive quiz)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/friction.shtml

Forces in Action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/forces_action.shtml

Forces in Action (interactive quiz)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/forces_action.shtml

People to Know
http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/peopletoknow.html

Plants and Animals in the Local Environment (interactive quiz)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/plants_animals.shtml

Inventors Toolbox – the Elements of Machines
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

Strange Vehicles
http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/strange_vehicles.html

Vocabulary Assessment

1. A push or pull exerted on an object.
A) Friction
B) Force
C) Reaction
D) Inertia

2. The rate of which an object changes its velocity.
A) Mass
B) Speed
C) Acceleration
D) Velocity

3. A change in an object’s position compared to fixed objects around it.
A) Inertia
B) Motion
C) Gravity
D) Acceleration

4. The rate of motion.
A) Velocity
B) Mass
C) Speed
D) Force

5. A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
A) Acceleration
B) Gravity
C) Motion
D) Mass

6. A property of matter that causes it to resist changes in speed or direction (velocity).
A) Friction
B) Force
C) Inertia
D) Motion

7. The natural force that attracts any two objects with mass toward each other.
A) Mass
B) Velocity
C) Gravity
D) Speed

8. The force with which an object responds to an action, as in Newton’s third law of motion.
A) Force
B) Reaction
C) Friction
D) Inertia

9. The speed of an object moving in a specific direction.
A) Gravity
B) Inertia
C) Velocity
D) Speed

10. A force that resists motion between two bodies in contact.
A) Force
B) Friction
C) Inertia
D) Reaction