

Experimenting with forces
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5th Grade
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Easy
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Carlos Cerda
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Experimenting with forces

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Energy is the ability to do work.
M.E.L.T.S. helps us move around and do things!
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Open Ended
What is work?
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Work
when an object is in motion or changes position
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Multiple Choice
What object is doing work?
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Multiple Choice
Where is work being done on the object?
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Open Ended
How do you know work is being done on the soccer ball?
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Work is being done.
The student and the ball are both doing work because they changed their position and are in motion.
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Push and pull
Push and pull are examples of forces
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Multiple Choice
Click and look at the picture carefully!!!
What do student A and B need to do to move the box over the X?
Student A needs to PUSH
Student B needs to PULL
Student A needs to PULL
Student B needs to PUSH
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Student A = PULL
Student B = PUSH
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Multiple Choice
Click and look at the picture carefully!
What do student A and B need to do to move the box over the X?
Student A needs to PUSH
Student B needs to PULL
Student A needs to PULL
Student B needs to PUSH
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Student A = PULL
Student B = PUSH
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Experiments
Scientist can use experiments to test the effect of forces by measuring the results.
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How do teachers affect the force a rock is thrown?
Fill-in your Chart.
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Open Ended
What did we change in the experiment?
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Open Ended
What data is being measured in the experiment?
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How do teachers affect the force a rock is thrown?
-What did they change?
We changed the teacher throwing the rock
-What did they measure?
The force measured was the distance rock was thrown
-What stayed the same (control)?
The rock,
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Draw your chart
-What did they change?
-What did they measure?
-What stayed the same (control)?
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Poll
What did we change?
the rubber band
the surfaces
distance rubber bad stretched
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What is the one thing that was changed?
The surfaces was the only thing that was changed! They were testing the surfaces.
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Poll
What did we measure?
The distance the rubber band stretched.
The weight of the box dragged
The different surfaces we tested
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What did they measure?
They measured the distance the rubber band stretched on each surface.
They probably used a meterstick or ruler.
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Poll
What stayed the same and was controlled?
The distance the rubber band stretched
The box of washers dragged
The different surfaces
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What stayed the same?
They used the same box of washer to drag across the surfaces.
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