Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING by describing patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces, for example, identifying and describing the effect of forces (contact and non-contact) on the motion of objects; identifying and describing everyday examples of sources of energy, forms of energy, and energy transformations.
    • We are EXPLORING.. by investigating science as a way of explaining the world and that science knowledge changes over time
    • We are EXPLORING...by using students' growing science knowledge when considering issues of concern to them.

    • Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • Uploading the Sphero app and learning to use the app to control and drive the sphero.
      • understanding the laws of motion and their application while driving the sphero.
      • Reviewing a brief history of Newton and his discovery of the laws of motion and gravity
      • begin to understand the kinetic and potential energy and energy transformation
      • understand how energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it is only transformed as the laws of the conservation of energy states.

      Activities:

      1. Upload Sphero app and program sphero.
      2. Begin to drive the sphero.
      3.  Begin to apply the laws of motion
      4. Begin to apply knowledge of friction
      5. Begin to apply energy transformation
      6. Question how the energy is created by the battery to move the sphero.
      7. Begin the inquiry on simple electricity and magnetism

      Follow Up Tasks:
       Education perfect tasks.


    • Revisit lesson of class for next sessions.