Unit 5: Simple Machines & Motion
ESSENTIAL IDEA:
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
UNDERSTANDINGS / APPLICATIONS / SKILLS / NATURE OF SCIENCE:
5.1 - Simple Machines
- 5.1.U1 Simple machines are used to transfer energy to multiple the force necessary to complete a task.
- 5.1.A1 Simple machines are important and common in our world today in the form of everyday devices that
individuals, and especially engineers, use on a daily basis
- 5.1.U2 A lever is composed of three basic parts. They are the effort force, the resistance force, and the fulcrum.
- 5.1.U3 The placement of the fulcrum, effort force, and the resistance force determines the classification of the lever
and how it can be used to transfer energy.
- 5.1.S1 Design Rube Goldberg machine through the incorporation of multiple simple machines to perform a simple
task.
- 5.1.NOS Understanding the mechanisms behind simple machines requires an appreciation of the building of
knowledge from various areas of study and their investigations.*
5.2 - Newton's Laws of Motion
- 5.2.U1: A force is a push or pull upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object.
- 5.2.S1: Free body diagrams allow us to visualize the net forces acting upon an object at rest or in motion.
- 5.2.NOS: Newton’s Laws of Motion were a product of observation and the concept of cause and effect.
- 5.2.U2: Newton’s Laws of Motion describe how objects in motion will interact with each other.
- 5.2.U3: An object’s acceleration is directly proportional to the net force, and inversely proportional to its mass.
- 5.2.A1: An understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion help with real life problem solving.
* Denotes objectives covered in Honors Integrated Science
- 5.1 - Simple Machines
- 5.2 - Newton's Laws of Motion
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- 5.1 - Simple Machines
- What is work?
- What is simple about simple machines?
- How do machines help us live our lives?
- Are all machines good?
- What negative qualities do machines have?
- Where do you find simple machines in your environment?
- 5.2 - Newton's Laws of Motion
- How are Newton’s Laws of Motion connected to our daily life?
- How do Newton's Laws explain motion?
- How does the presence of a net force determine the acceleration of an object?
- How does Newton's Second Law of Motion relate force, mass and acceleration?
- How can free-body diagrams be used to create a mathematical representation of the forces acting on an object?
UNDERSTANDINGS / APPLICATIONS / SKILLS / NATURE OF SCIENCE:
5.1 - Simple Machines
- 5.1.U1 Simple machines are used to transfer energy to multiple the force necessary to complete a task.
- 5.1.A1 Simple machines are important and common in our world today in the form of everyday devices that
individuals, and especially engineers, use on a daily basis
- 5.1.U2 A lever is composed of three basic parts. They are the effort force, the resistance force, and the fulcrum.
- 5.1.U3 The placement of the fulcrum, effort force, and the resistance force determines the classification of the lever
and how it can be used to transfer energy.
- 5.1.S1 Design Rube Goldberg machine through the incorporation of multiple simple machines to perform a simple
task.
- 5.1.NOS Understanding the mechanisms behind simple machines requires an appreciation of the building of
knowledge from various areas of study and their investigations.*
5.2 - Newton's Laws of Motion
- 5.2.U1: A force is a push or pull upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object.
- 5.2.S1: Free body diagrams allow us to visualize the net forces acting upon an object at rest or in motion.
- 5.2.NOS: Newton’s Laws of Motion were a product of observation and the concept of cause and effect.
- 5.2.U2: Newton’s Laws of Motion describe how objects in motion will interact with each other.
- 5.2.U3: An object’s acceleration is directly proportional to the net force, and inversely proportional to its mass.
- 5.2.A1: An understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion help with real life problem solving.
* Denotes objectives covered in Honors Integrated Science