8th Grade Science
(8 Units, 83 Lessons)
Unit 7 - Movement of Objects in Space & Time(12 Lessons)
The Wagon and The Ball8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Students explore a situation that may be familiar from childhood — what happens to a ball sitting in a wagon when the wagon moves? Simple? Not necessarily.
Exploring The Cart's Motion - Graphing Motion (Part 1)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:In this lesson students focus on how to represent and analyze motion.
Exploring The Cart's Motion - Graphing Motion (Part 2)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:In this lesson students learn to create velocity/time graphs for simple and complex motions.
Exploring Acceleration (Part 1)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Students explore acceleration using an accelerometer and cart to make meaning.
Exploring Acceleration (Part 2)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Students use a simple model and video analysis to study acceleration.
Exploring Forces (Part 1)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Students look at forces to understand why an object's motion either changes or does not change.
Exploring Forces (Part 2)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Use this lesson to help students make sense of Newton's Second Law.
Gravity (Part 1)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Use this hands on activity to build a conceptual model of gravity.
Gravity (Part 2)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:How are dropping and projectile motions related? Students explore their ideas in this lesson.
Gravity (Part 3)8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:Motion on a slope can be difficult to explain. This lesson makes it easy to understand.
Crashes and Collisions8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Big Idea:In this lesson, students explore what happens when two objects collide. In particular, they examine what happens to each object after the collision.
Turning Motion8th Grade Science» Unit:Movement of Objects in Space & Time
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Movement of Objects in Space & Time
Big Idea:In this lesson students explore how motion in two directions helps explain circular motion.
