Term 3 Week 3

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING to do Physics through the context of Fast and Furious by experimenting and demonstrating how distance, speed and time are related.
• We are PLANNING to do Physics through the context of Fast and furious by applying our learning of friction and gravity in our experiments and hypothesising how friction would affect race car drivers.

Kia Ora ākonga, 

This week we will be looking at gravity and friction. We will be relating this to the context by looking at when friction benefits race car drivers and the effects of this. 

Plan for the week is as follows: 

Monday: Distance-Time graphs and practice worksheets. You will look at how to do graphs correctly. 

Wednesday: Marvelous Marbles - To move or not to move ( Gravity and Friction experiment ) 

Thursday/Friday: Experiment and write-up revision 

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• • create and interpret distance-time graphs. 
  • use the formula D=VT to calculate distance, speed and time. 
  • identify the relationship between weight and mass (units)
  • understand the relationship between balanced and unbalanced forces
  • use the formula (F = ma) to calculate force
  • understand how forces affect motion and the effect of friction as an opposing force