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Wobble or Balance | Hero Elementary™

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Title:

Wobble or Balance | Hero Elementary™

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/wobble-or-balance-media-gallery/hero-elementary/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

In these Hero Elementary activities, children investigate what makes objects easier or more difficult to move. They try to build structures that are well-balanced and don’t fall down, and they test their structures with a push.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: K

1 ) Investigate the resulting motion of objects when forces of different strengths and directions act upon them (e.g., object being pushed, object being pulled, two objects colliding).

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.13: An object is in motion when its position is changing. The speed of an object is defined by how far it travels divided by the amount of time it took to travel that far.

NAEP Statement::
P4.14: The motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling. The size of the change is related to the size of the force (push or pull) and the weight (mass) of the object on which the force is exerted. When an object does not move in response to a push or a pull, it is because another push or pull (friction) is being applied by the environment.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Planning and Carrying out Investigations

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Investigate the resulting motion of objects when forces of different strengths act upon them.
Investigate the resulting motion of objects when forces of different directions act upon them.
Predict the effect of the push or pull on the motion of an object, based on prior experiences.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Push
Pull
Collide
Investigate
Result
Motion
Objects
Forces
Strengths
Directions
Refute

Knowledge:

Students know:

Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions.
Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed or direction of its motion and can start or stop it.
When objects touch or collide, they push on one another and can change motion.
A bigger push or pull makes things speed up or slow down more quickly.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Investigate forces and interactions.
Describe objects and their motions.
Describe relative strengths and directions of the push or pull applied to an object.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute ideas about effects on the motion of the object caused by changes in the strength or direction of the pushes and pulls.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
*Push and Pull
*Balls and Ramps, Insights
*Sidewalk Safety, ETA/hand2mind

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.K.1- Investigate ways to move different objects to include pushing, pulling, and colliding objects.

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: K

2 ) Use observations and data from investigations to determine if a design solution (e.g., designing a ramp to increase the speed of an object in order to move a stationary object) solves the problem of using force to change the speed or direction of an object.*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.13: An object is in motion when its position is changing. The speed of an object is defined by how far it travels divided by the amount of time it took to travel that far.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Use observations from investigations to determine if a design solution causes the intended change in the speed or direction of the motion of the object.
Use data from investigations to determine if a design solution solves a problem of using a push or pull to change an object's motion.
Describe the goal of the design solution.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Force
Speed
Direction
Data
Observe
Describe
Engineering
Investigation
Ask
Imagine
Plan
Create
Improve
Solution

Knowledge:

Students know:

The relative speed or direction of the object before a push or pull is applied (e.g., faster, slower).
The relative speed or direction of the object after a push or pull is applied.
How the relative strength of a push or pull affects the speed or direction of an object (e.g., harder, softer).

Skills:

Students are able to:

Conduct an investigation.
Collect and record observations from tests of an object or tool to determine if it works as intended.
Organize information in a usable format.
Analyze data from tests to determine change in speed or direction.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute ideas about the effects on the motion of the object caused by changes in the strength or direction of the pushes and pulls.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Push and Pull
*Balls and Ramps, Insights
*Sidewalk Safety, ETA/hand2mind

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.K.2- Observe the movement of objects in a variety of real-world environments.

Tags:

balance, direction, force, movement, pull, push, structure

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

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Wobble or Balance | Hero Elementary™