Racing Cars - A Unit About Force and Motion
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Grade Levels
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS4.MD.A.1
CCSS5.MD.A.1
CCSSW.5.2e
CCSSW.6.2f
CCSSW.6.3e
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
20 pages
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Description
This unit is designed to be project based, and teach students how forces affect the motion of car as it moves down a ramp. Students will gain deeper understanding of mass, air resistance, gravity, friction, inertia, and acceleration. Students will explore forces through inquiry-based learning where they will design a ramp to carry a car the farthest distance.
This unit plan features a lesson plan/unit overview, and 16 pages of student workbook pages with brainstorming, challenge questions, brain dumps, data tables, reflections, and individual and group accountability reflections.
Next Generation Standards: Motion and Stability: Forces and Motion
3-PS2-2:Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. (Performance Expectation – Grades 3-5)
MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. (Performance Expectation – Grades 6-8)
This unit plan features a lesson plan/unit overview, and 16 pages of student workbook pages with brainstorming, challenge questions, brain dumps, data tables, reflections, and individual and group accountability reflections.
Next Generation Standards: Motion and Stability: Forces and Motion
3-PS2-2:Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. (Performance Expectation – Grades 3-5)
MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. (Performance Expectation – Grades 6-8)
Total Pages
20 pages
Answer Key
Does not apply
Teaching Duration
1 Week
Last updated Jul 11th, 2018
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Standards
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CCSS4.MD.A.1
Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table. For example, know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in. Express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in. Generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36),...
CCSS5.MD.A.1
Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.
CCSSW.5.2e
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
CCSSW.6.2f
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
CCSSW.6.3e
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
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