4FME 1 What is Force_

What is Force? Presentation template

Learning Target I can explain what a force is and give examples. Assess your LoU (1-4)

Think ● What do you know about force, motion, and energy? Force Motion Energy

Tigtag: What is a Force?

3 Stations, 3 Days! Tennis Ball Drop Breaking the Force Wrecking Ball ● Drop 2 tennis balls at ● Observe how many ● Explore the effects of the SAME time from washers it takes to a wrecking ball on a the SAME height to break the force of a toy bus see which ball will hit magnet the ground first ● Record data in class ● Record data in class data table ● Record in slo-mo data table using iPad

Tennis Ball Drop

Breaking the Force

Wrecking Ball

Debrief ● In the Tennis Ball Drop station, what did you notice happened? ○ What force was demonstrated in this investigation? ● In the Breaking the Force station, using the class data table, what did you notice? ○ what force was demonstrated in this investigation? ● In the Wrecking Ball station, using the data table, what did you notice? ○ What force was demonstrated in this investigation?

Exit Ticket What are some examples of forces?

Vocabulary ● Gravity: the force that attracts an object to the center of the Earth ● Magnetism: the magnetic force acts through space and most materials. The magnetic force of attraction between 2 magnets decrease with distance ● Push/Pull: force is a push or pull in a particular direction. forces are invisible; they cannot be directly observed, but the presence of forces can be inferred by observing how objects move or change configuration