Physics of the Universe · Week 6 · Forces and Motion
Balanced and Unbalanced
Modeling balanced and unbalanced forces and noticing when the forces in life feel balanced or out of control.
- Students will
- Students model balanced and unbalanced forces on a box and explain how stability changes when the net force is not zero, then connect it to feeling in or out of balance.
- SEL skill
- Notice when life feels out of balance and choose one calming move
- What it looks like
- Students practice regulating emotions by noticing when life feels balanced or out of control and naming one calming move.
- Content focus
- Balanced and unbalanced forces
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
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Standards
- HS-PS2-1: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP2 Developing and using models
- Crosscutting concept: CCC7 Stability and change
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text and summarize them accurately.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 1.1: Understanding and Describing Motion
- Physics Techbook, Concept 1.2: Newton's Laws
- Physics Techbook, Concept 1.3: Using Vectors and Scalars to Describe Motion
- Inspire Physics, Unit 1: Forces in One Dimension
- Inspire Physics, Unit 2: Displacement and Force in Two Dimensions
- Inspire Physics, Unit 2: Rotational Motion
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 1: Motion and Forces
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More self-management activities for Physics of the Universe
- Force and Motion Self-managementAnalyzing motion data to show that net force causes acceleration and identifying the forces that move students toward their goals.
- Magnets and Motors Self-managementInvestigating how electric current creates magnetic fields and channeling curiosity into persistence when a motor will not spin.
- Heat Engines and Efficiency Self-managementInvestigating heat flow and efficiency and finding where students lose energy to stress and how to recover it.
- The San Andreas Fault Self-managementModeling how plate motion builds and releases stress along the fault and practicing safe ways to release built up stress.
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