Simple Machines and Other Force and Motion Resources

Resource Port: Simple Machines

Edhead Simple Machine

Gravity and Our World

Simple Machines

Simple Machines Explained

Unit 4: Force, Gravity, & Motion

Can we outsmart gravity?

Essential Question:

How does friction, gravity, and magnetic forces affect objects on or near earth?

Guiding Questions:

Where does this force come from?

What forces cause all objects to fall to the ground?

What is the relationship between force, gravity, friction, and motion?

As a result of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe how friction, gravity, and magnetic forces affect objects on or near earth.

2. Build on Inquiry Skills and Engineering

3. Strengthen your creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making, digital citizenship, through the operation and use of technology.

Concept and key words: friction, gravity, magnetic force, motion, velocity, simple machines

Introduction:

Welcome back from Spring Break! We are going to be moving into a new unit and essential question. You will be asked as a result of your learning throughout the unit to construct and build a working amusement park demonstrating key concepts learned! This unit is going to be both exciting and challenging, as you will be learning about simple machines in addition to the key concepts and engineering a working amusement park.

Throughout this unit you will be using this blog as well as the Edmodo Science Class page to access content such as webquests and inquiries, labs assigned, videos, online simulations and exploratory activities, as well as posting reflections on specific tasks. In addition throughout the unit you will be asked to give updates on your work through video podcasts and other means to publishing your work for your classmates to view through the web.

As a result, at the end of the unit your culminating project will be a working amusement park demonstrating what you have learned about force, friction, motion, gravity, and simple machines! We will have community members present, legislative members here and professional engineers to judge your amusement park presentations! This is a great opportunity to be creative and innovative and share with the world your ability to dream big! Who knows, maybe someone will take your idea into consideration in building a real amusement park!

Check out some other created model amusement parks here!

Mini Amusement Park Model

Model Amusement Park

*Notice the video and music! This is your chance to be creative with ideas! You will also have to video record your ride as part of your project!

These are some of the resources used in class during the introduction. Please feel free to review them again! You will find the resource materials as well as the rubric under your Science Edmodo Class Page.

Quote of the Trimester: Million saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.

The Force of Physics Song- Newton's Laws of Motion

Professor Mac Explain's Newton's Laws of Motion

Earth and Moon Resources

Moon Phases:

Video Song by Mr. Parr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkvlrWpsnuQ

Mr. Lee Video Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79M2lSVZiY4&feature=related

3D animation of phases of the moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUObZwLJ8A&feature=related

Your Assigned Webquest to work with a partner:

Phases of the Moon http://mrscienceut.net/phasesofthemoonwebquest.html

Unit 3: Introduction to the Sun, Earth, and Moon System

The relative sizes of the sun, Earth, and moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjQJMeq7_Pk&feature=related

Sun, Earth, Moon Lyrics & Song:

http://www.educationalrap.com/song/sun-earth-moon.html

Video Lesson: Sun, Earth, Moon System:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCKwkJfg6Y

Post New Year's in Space:

http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision?blend=1&ob=5#p/a/78497CC5D72AF984/1/5HhvfKRCbQ8

Virtual Science Inquiry Board: post your testable questions here

Welcome to the virtual version of our class science inquiry board. Click on the link to access and post your question, or to see what other classmates are posting!

http://linoit.com/users/Jill1313-carter/canvases/Science%20Inquiry%20Board

You can now post your science inquiry questions virtually on our class board "Science Inquiry Board". You are able to even access this from home and on the weekends, so you no longer have to wait to arrive in class to write it on the science board!

Science Inquiry Lab #3- Leaf Chromatography Project

Today you will begin your lab with a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSM3s3lOGsA&feature=related

Once you have viewed the video you will need to particpate in the lab for today.
You will find the lab information as well as the scientific process response question on the following Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk3NUpiMVU2X0pORDhaQU11R2F2Z3c6MQ

Please be sure to follow lab safety guidelines and rules.

Science Investigation #3

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEJVNXR0NWl5N1J2UFBWeG5YMG1JcGc6MQ

Please use Google Forms to complete your task for today.