Welcome to your Webquest Mission
You will be engaging in some self-directed learning on the concept of FORCES.
You will need to work through the webquest site and read, take notes, play games and watch videos to develop your understanding on forces.
You will need to take notes and complete any tasks or discussions in your science books. You will need to use appropriate headings so I may follow your thinking.
You will also be required to complete a 321RIQ (3 things you remembered or learned, 2 insights (new things) and 1 question) on each section (forces, gravity, friction, balanced and unbalanced forces, and mass vs weight) as a blog post under the science section on your class blogs.
You will need to work through the webquest site and read, take notes, play games and watch videos to develop your understanding on forces.
You will need to take notes and complete any tasks or discussions in your science books. You will need to use appropriate headings so I may follow your thinking.
You will also be required to complete a 321RIQ (3 things you remembered or learned, 2 insights (new things) and 1 question) on each section (forces, gravity, friction, balanced and unbalanced forces, and mass vs weight) as a blog post under the science section on your class blogs.
You will have 2 weeks to complete this webquest - class time and homework time
What you need to know
To accomplish your mission, you will need to understand what force is. It can be a challenging idea to get your head around since much of the time, we cannot see forces in action. What we can see is the result of forces at work, like your pencil dropping to the floor when it rolls off of your desk. Humans use force everyday to accomplish 'work'. Forces are also acting upon you every second of everyday. On any mission, knowing what you are up against is essential for success, so you will need to familiarize yourself with the facts about forces. Read on to learn more.
FORces
FORCE:
In its simplest terms, a force is a push or a pull that influences the way that an object moves. Forces are most often invisible, but they can be very powerful.
What can Forces do?
A force can do the following things:
- Start a motion
- Stop a motion
- Change direction of an object
- Start a motion
- Stop a motion
- Change direction of an object
- Speed up a motion (accelerate)
- Slow down a motion (decelerate)
- Change the shape of an object
- Have no visible effect
If you crumple up a piece of paper, you have changed its shape. If you throw the paper ball, you have changed its speed. If you ask a friend to bat it away, they have changed its direction.
TASK: Find an image or draw a sketch explaining each effect of forces in your science book.
- Slow down a motion (decelerate)
- Change the shape of an object
- Have no visible effect
If you crumple up a piece of paper, you have changed its shape. If you throw the paper ball, you have changed its speed. If you ask a friend to bat it away, they have changed its direction.
TASK: Find an image or draw a sketch explaining each effect of forces in your science book.
Game Stop!
Use this virtual simulation to explore with small and large forces. You will try out pulling and pushing to make an object move. You will also need to place objects in the moving item's path to determine what happens. When you feel like you have gathered enough information, test yourself using the built in quiz feature. Good luck! Click on the picture below when you feel ready to start the simulation.