Grade 7 Month 5 The Wonder of Physics
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CA$44.00
CA$44.00
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Students will focus on Mechanics. Learning about the 6 simple machines through design and experimentation.
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Curriculum Areas/Learning Outcomes
Language Arts: Concept: Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking.
Connection: Your child will hear about the development of the science of motion, force and energy. They will work with a phenomenological process of discovery in this unit that will allow them to first observe a phenomenon, then hear about the law. This process gives rise to an inner feeling for the law and is the very essence of curiosity.
Science: Concept: Forces influence the motion of an object.
Connection: Your child will hear about Newton’s laws of motion as well as observe several demonstrations of the six simple machines. They will have opportunities to make hypotheses as well as design and create their own simple machines.
Concept: An object’s motion can be predicted, analyzed, and described.
Connection: Your child will observe many demonstrations to support their deepening understanding of the phenomenon of motion, force, and energy.
Connection: Your child will hear about the development of the science of motion, force and energy. They will work with a phenomenological process of discovery in this unit that will allow them to first observe a phenomenon, then hear about the law. This process gives rise to an inner feeling for the law and is the very essence of curiosity.
Science: Concept: Forces influence the motion of an object.
Connection: Your child will hear about Newton’s laws of motion as well as observe several demonstrations of the six simple machines. They will have opportunities to make hypotheses as well as design and create their own simple machines.
Concept: An object’s motion can be predicted, analyzed, and described.
Connection: Your child will observe many demonstrations to support their deepening understanding of the phenomenon of motion, force, and energy.
Curriculum Overview
The goal of the unit is to highlight balance and leverage for the 12-13 year old. To bring an inner feeling for these highlights we must show them the laws of motion, force and energy. To bring them these laws you will tell them about the discoveries of Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. You will give them demonstrations to observe and assign them things to test and discover. You will show how equal force supports balance and what machines can bring about equal force and result in balance. You will end the unit with a look at friction and its relation to energy required for motion. Your Flex Week will provide an opportunity to design and create a project that demonstrates motion, force and energy.