Section outline

  • Learning Goals:
    Explore and investigate the forces associated with hiking gear (eg. compass, boots)

    Success Criteria:
    1. Investigate how the smoothness of a surface related to friction
    2. Apply your understanding of friction to making choices about shoes used for hiking

    Activities:
    1. Take up Rolling Marbles activity 
    2. Art activity -- compare the shoe tread texture and use your understanding of friction to determine the best shoe for hiking 
    3. Measuring forces -- use a force meter to measure frictional forces (in class and/or in person)

    For those wanting more practice at investigating forces and shoe grip, you can complete this online one:
    Go to this Website: www.bp.com/bpes
    Click on 'Enter a student code' (at the top right hand corner)
    Enter the code: 88146
    Click on 'Launch' for the  "Force Meters Online Experiment"




    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING...hiking gear by observing and investigating the forces associated with them
    • We are EXPLORING...how fast we walk by calculating our speed and collecting data from pedometers