Kinetic and Potential Energy

5th Grade Science
Force and Motion
Topic 3/Lesson 8

October 22, 2024

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Topic 3: Force and Motion

LO: SWBAT identify cause-and-effect relationships to
explainthe effect of force on an object in a system.

DOL:Given problems, SW correctly identify
cause-and-effect relationships to explain the effect of
force on an object in a system in at least 4 of 5 questions.

SCI5.7B Design a simple experimental investigation that tests the effect of force on an object in a system such as a car on a ramp or a balloon rocket on a
string
SEPs: 5.3B, 5.4A
RTCs: 5.5A, 5.5B. 5.5G

Multiple Choice

Students drop the same heavy ball onto identical blocks of soft clay from different heights. For each height they measure the depth of the dent the ball makes in the clay.

Why is the depth of the dent different in each trial?

• Since the ball is dropped from different heights, the force in which the ball hits the clay is different.

  
  

• The clay hardens at different heights, altering the dent depth.
• The ball's material changes with height, affecting the dent.
• The depth of the dent is the same regardless of height.

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Essential Understandings &

Guiding Questions

How does a cause and effect relationship explain the

effects of force on an object in a system?

Sentence Stem: I think a cause and effect relationship explains the force on an object

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Match

Match the following Vocabulary words

• A push or pull that can change an object's motion

• energy an object has cause of motion

• Stored energy an object has

• Force that causes objects with mass to attract each other

• A force that slows down or stops the motion of two surfaces

Force

Kinetic Energy

Potential Energy

Gravity

Friction

• Force

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Gravity

• Friction

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Force and Motion

CAUSE

EFFECT

independent variable

dependent variable

the higher the ramp

the farther the car travels

Fill in the Blanks

Dropdown

Potential energy is the ​

Select answer

an object has.

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Forces in Space

Open Ended

PREDICT: Write how you think forces have different effects on Earth and in space.

Sentence Stem: I think the way forces have different effects on Earth and in space is by......

Open Ended

Describe how forces on an astronaut’s body have different effects in

space than on Earth.

Sentence Stem: The effects are different on an astronauts body in space than on earth because....

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Cause and Effect

Look at the picture. A student sets up an investigation to see
how the number of books affects how far the car rolls after
going down the ramp.

When the toy car is released, it rolls down the ramp. Which
force is responsible for causing the car to roll down the ramp?

Kinetic or Potential? Write your answer on the whiteboard.

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Given problems, SW
correctly identify
cause-and-effect
relationships to
explain the effect of
force on an object in
a system in at least
4 of 5 questions.

Demonstration of Learning

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Force and Motion