Term 3, Week 1-2

Nau mai, hoki mai!

Welcome back to Term 3. Our context is Fast and Furious. 

This term we will be EXPLORING the physical world around us, and explaining everyday physical phenomena through developing our understanding of forces and motion, as well as simple machines. This term, you will be designing and conducting a physical investigation as part of your NCEA Science assessment experience.

Success Criteria:

Define the difference between weight, mass and gravity
Able to measure forces using a force metre
Identify different types of forces and categorise them in contact vs. non contact forces
Identify balances and unbalances forces
Calculate the net resultant force on an object

Activities

1. Watch videos and compare weight, mass, and gravity
2. Weight vs mass lab
3. Newton metre lab
4. Types of forces - Identifying and drawing free body diagrams
5. https://www.ck12.org/physics/free-body-diagrams/enrichment/Types-of-Forces-and-Free-body-Diagrams-Overview/?referrer=concept_details
6. Brainpop- forces 
7. Scipad 102