9 October - 15 October

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

We are EXPLORING on recognising how forces work.

We are EXPLORING on experimenting how forces work.

We are EXPLORING on reading information about forces and connecting our understanding of it.

Success Criteria: I can...

• Write answers to questions about forces.
• Do experiments about forces.
• Connect information about forces.
• Read an article about forces.

                                                                                                    Achievement Objectives:

Explore, describe, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as forces.

• The students will first watch this about why physics is important in the circus.
• Then they will label and draw 6 more pictures which show Newton’s first law in their science books. Also, write an explanation for each picture for why it shows Newton’s first law.
• Afterwards, they will look at this website about different types of circus acts. They will create a slideshow of circus acts that show Newton’s first law.
• Finally, they will write a list of a minimum of 20 objects which show Newton’s first law and explain how in different situations for when it would be showing Newton’s first law.

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The students will first watch this   about the world's heaviest weight.

• In their science books the students will write and answer the questions below:

• 1. Before you read this, what is inertia? 

  2. List stories, films, books which show inertia in them.

  3. What similarities or consistencies are there between them.

• Students will then read the article A matchstick rocket may fail to launch.
  

• They will write any keywords and scientific vocabulary which is related to inertia.
• Finally, they will rule a 10cm by 10cm frame and draw a picture, icon, or meme that represents the concept/theme of inertia.

1. Weighing an object - gravity:
Weigh your pencil case with the force meter.
Write down its weight using the correct units

2. Ice cube and wooden block - friction:
Try pushing a wooden block and an ice cube along the smooth surface. Use the same amount of force each time

3. Tying a knot - pull and friction:
Tie a knot in a piece of string and a piece of plastic thread.
What force did you use to tie the knots?

4. Dropping paper - air resistance:
Crumple up one piece of paper and leave the other flat. Drop them both from the same height (as high as you can reach)

5. Magnets: electromagnetic:
Stick the magnets together
What force is keeping them together?

6. Stretching rubber bands: pull:
Have a friend hold the end of a rubber band while you hold the other end.

7. Bending water: Electrostatic:
Rub a balloon against your school jumper for 10 seconds.Turn the tap on to a low steady flow, and hold the balloon a few
centimeters away from the stream of water