VERTICAL ALIGNMENT

FORCES CONCEPTS / SCIENCE


(sample from the State Department of Education)
GRADE 3:  UNIT 2, FORCES AND MOTION
Students examine the effects of applied force and gravity through races and investigations.  Skill in the use of positional terms and descriptions of motion are developed through practice.  In addition, students investigate magnetic force fields.
GRADE 4:  UNIT 1, MEASURING AND COMPARING
Students develop an understanding of the relation of force to motion as they measure and graph time and distance data.
GRADE 5:  UNIT 3, FORCE, MOTION, AND ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS
Students investigate movement, speed and velocity, balanced and unbalanced forces, gravity, air resistance, and forces in sports in activities one through six of Unit 3.
GRADE 6:  UNIT 3, FORCES AND MOTION
This unit is designed to introduce students to the concepts of force and motion with an emphasis identification of forces acting on objects and on Newton's laws.  Activities three through eight focus on applications of Newton's laws of motion.
GRADE 8:  UNIT 2, EARTH'S FORCES --MAGNETISM AND GRAVITY
Various natural forces are explored.  Activity 1 focuses on magnetism;  Activity 2 focuses on gravity, Activity 3 models Newton's laws of motion, and Activity 4 addresses Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation in relation to our solar system.
GRADE 9:  PHYSICAL SCIENCE, UNIT 5, MATTER, FORCES, AND MOTION
The understanding of how matter, motion, and forces are related, along with a comprehension of Newton's laws of motion and the effects of forces on objects will be developed in greater depth.  At this level, all natural forces are examined and compared.