Force and Motion
Focus
• Investigate how things move, change direction or speed
• Use a triple beam balance accurately • Identify simple machines • Determine how simple machines use motion to make work easier • Demonstrate the effect of gravity on the motion of an object • Determine relationship between force and size, speed, or direction on motion • Reduce friction to enhance efficiency • Participate in many experiments to test Newton’s laws of motion • Graph results of multiple experiments to see change in motion and momentum |
Websites to Explore on the Topic:
ThinkQuest Force and Motion
Simple Machine Learning Site
Gravity by ThinkQuest
Isaac Newton by SciLinks
Laws of Motion by Science Channel
Internet Games that Demonstrate the Concepts:
Force in Action by BBC
Friction by the BBC
Simple Machines by HMH School Publishers
ThinkQuest Force and Motion
Simple Machine Learning Site
Gravity by ThinkQuest
Isaac Newton by SciLinks
Laws of Motion by Science Channel
Internet Games that Demonstrate the Concepts:
Force in Action by BBC
Friction by the BBC
Simple Machines by HMH School Publishers