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  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING...Simple machines By experimentation in class
    • We are EXPLORING...Forces and their effects
    • We are EXPLORING...Simple electricity
    • We are EXPLORING... Energy Transformations using everyday examples
    • We are EXPLORING...by building on prior experiences, working together to share and examine their own and others’ knowledge.
    • We are EXPLORING... by asking questions, finding evidence, exploring simple models, and carrying out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations.
    • We are EXPLORING...by describing, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as gravity, force, friction, pressure

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • apply my maths to solve problems in science
    • look for patterns and describe them using number and letters to find the value of the unknown
    • recollect the relationship between distance and time as proportional
    • calculate the height of a building using a free falling object
    • understand that distance is proportional to the square of time
    • understand gravity affects all things and acceleration due to gravity is the same for all 

    Activities:

    1. Using a ramp and a ball to figure out the distance covered at a particular time
    2. find the relationship between the distance and the time
    3. Create a rule
    4. use the rule to figure out the the distance covered by free falling object
    5. create a rule for free falling object
    6. Use trig functions and similar triangles to confirm height of the building
    7. Use thumb to calculate height

    Follow Up Tasks:
    Ed Perfect and recap previous lesson for new terms, words and concepts.