How do Objects Move | Engineering Design Challenge

In this unit, students explore and explain the many different ways that an object moves and how its properties affect its movements. In one lesson ("In What Ways"), students predict and test their predictions on how different objects will move when gently pushed on their desks. In "Do All Tops Spin Alike?," students use different materials to construct their own tops and test its movements. "Making Objects Move" introduces the concept of acceleration and allows students to use different sizes and types of balls and other materials to build tracks that will be used to stop the ball at a certain location. "Playground Equipment" gives an engineering experience by engaging students in a competition with a given scenario and asking them to design, test, and re-design (if necessary) a functioning piece of new playground equipment (the terms "force," "motion," "gravity," and "simple machine" are introduced).
Resource ID#: 13370 Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence
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General Information

Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 1, 2
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 4 Hour(s) 10 Minute(s)
Keywords: motion, tracks, balls, acceleration, gravity, acceleration, force, machine, direction, EDC, Engineering Design Challenge
Instructional Component Type(s): Unit/Lesson Sequence,  Project
Instructional Design Framework(s): Predict-Explain-Observe-Explain, Confirmation Inquiry (Level 1), Structured Inquiry (Level 2), Guided Inquiry (Level 3), Learning Cycle (e.g., 5E)
Resource Collection: Orange County Public Schools

Aligned Standards

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these benchmarks.

Aligned Access Points

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these access points.

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Ask questions about common objects in the environment.

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Contribute to group recordings of observations.

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Ask a question about a science investigation.

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Demonstrate and identify that objects can move in different ways, such as up and down, in a straight line, and back and forth.

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Demonstrate that objects can move in different ways, such as up and down.

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Track objects moving up and down.

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Identify the effect that a push or pull has on an object, such as changing the way an object moves.

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Demonstrate and recognize that pushing or pulling of an object makes it move.

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Apply a push to move an object.

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Ask questions and make observations about things in the natural world.

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Answer yes and no questions and make observations about common objects and actions in the natural world.

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Observe and identify that pushing or pulling an object can change the direction of movement of the object.

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Identify that pushing or pulling an object makes it move.

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Recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

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Identify that pushing or pulling an object with more force will make the object go faster or farther.

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Recognize that pushing or pulling an object with more force will make the object go faster or farther.

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