Term 3 Week 7 - 31st Aug- 4th Sept

Context: Space & Time

Big Ideas:  Space has always fascinated mankind.  During the past few years there has been a renewed commitment and effort to explore the Moon, Mars, other planets and celestial bodies. This term we will be focussing on aspects from Planet Earth & Beyond and the Physics of space exploration including time.  

5c's - Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity & Citizenship

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the concepts of space and becoming familiar with scientific terms relating to space exploration.
• We are EXPLORING the concepts of physics relating to forces, motion & time.

• Give the basic definition of force with examples.
• Distinguish between various types of forces and categorise them as contact or non-contact forces
• explain Newton's laws of force with suitable examples

• Home - plan and draw a diagram to create a Balloon car. Collect material that may be available at home
• Complete practical activity & task sheet from Google Classroom.