TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 4: Forces and Vectors
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Define and understand inertia C4 Classroom discussion of inertia. Describe how inertia ball activity is
effected by inertia in essay test question.
Define and understand Newton’s First Law of Motion Use two carts to demonstrate Newton's Law. Answer multiple choice questions about
inertia.
Apply Newton’s First Law to common examples of
motion
C12 Classroom discussion of inertia. Describe why a book stays on a desk on
essay test question.
Understand the relationships between acceleration,
mass and force
C11 Find mass of unknown object with scale. Describe the relationship between
acceleration, mass and force in essay test
question.
Define the “Newton” as a unit of force Use dimensional analysis to determine units of N. Answer multiple choice test questions
Understand the relationship between mass, weight, and
acceleration due to gravity
Find weight on other planets in solar system.
about force.
Explain why objects have different
heights on different planets in essay test
question.
Apply Newton’s law to common examples of motion Experiment with Newton's law of motion. Apply Newton's Laws to a game of pool
in constructed response test question.
Define and calculate net force Experiment with force of bricks on ramp. Calculate net force of a brick on a ramp in
written lab report.
Define and calculate a normal force and coefficient of
friction
C3 Classroom discussion of friction. Calculate friction or force on a ramp in
constructed response question.
Compare static to kinetic friction Measure coefficient of static and kinetic friction
with lab pro device.
Answer multiple choice questions about
static and kinetic friction.
Apply friction to the concept of net force Calculate friction of a Hotwheel. Answer essay question about net force.
Identify force pairs Use wheeled carts to identify force pairs Diagram force pairs in lab notebook.
Define Newton’s third law of motion Classroom discussion of Newton's third law of
motion.
Using a rocket describe how Newton's
third law creates propulsion in
Apply Newton’s third law of common examples of
motion
constructed response test questions.
C6 List examples of Newton's third law of motion. Apply third law to two students on two
carts in constructed response test
question.
Distinguish between vector and scalar quantifies C10 Classroom discussion of vector and scalar
quantities.
Add and subtract vectors using graphical
Practice graphing vectors.
representations
Add and subtract vectors using trigonometric
Demonstration of trigonometric representations to
representations
add and subtract vectors.
Apply vector addition to operations of displacement,
Experiment with vectors in the lab.
velocity and force vectors
List examples of vector and scalar
quantities in short answer test question.
Add three vectors graphically in short
answer test question.
Add three vectors algebraically in short
answer test question.
Given two velocity or force vectors add
the values in constructed response test
question.
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