Part 1: Forces (pushes & pulls) | Part II: Matter & Interactions
Suggested Timeframe: Winter (Jan-March)
Unit description: Students explore how pushes and pulls can cause objects to move, speed up, slow down, or change direction. Students learn the properties of solids and liquids, and how temperature can change this.
Standards
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
Part I: Forces (pushes & pulls)
- What makes an object move?
- A push or a pull may cause stationary objects to move, and a stronger push or pull in the same or opposite direction makes an object in motion speed up or slow down more quickly. (secondary to K-PS2-1)
- Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions. (KPS2-1),(K-PS2-2)
- Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed or direction of its motion and can start or stop it. (K-PS2-1),(K-PS2-2)
- How can we change the motion of an object?
- When objects touch or collide, they push on one another and can change motion. (K-PS2-1)
- A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering. Such problems may have many acceptable solutions. (secondary to KPS2-2)
Part II: Matter & Interactions
- What makes something a solid or a liquid?
- Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (K-PS1-1)
Prerequisite Skills/Science & Engineering Practices
- Use observations to describe patterns, use evidence to support an argument, use models to show a relationship, communicate ideas for solutions to a problem
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