Today the students got to the design stage of the engineering process and began building their playgrounds. There was no budget and a wide variety of materials to choose from.
Problem:
Mrs. Blizzard is currently working with an architect to
design a playground that would be especially for a STEM school. The architect
would like ideas from school students. How can we as third grade students
design a playground that would incorporate STEM by using forces and motion.
Science TEKS: Force, motion and energy:
6) The student knows that forces cause change and that energy exists in many forms. The student is expected to:
(B) demonstrate and observe how position and motion can be changed by pushing and pulling objects to show work being done such as swings, balls, pulleys, and wagons;
Supporting Standard
(C) observe forces such as magnetism and gravity acting on objects
Enduring Understandings:
Forces are useful in everyday life.
Pushing and pulling can cause an object to change position and to move.
Work happens when a force is used to move an object over a distance.
Tools such as swings, pulleys and wagons can be used to help move objects.
Forces including gravity and magnetism can have observable effects on objects.
Gravity is a force that can move objects by pulling them toward each other.
Magnetism is a physical property and a force.
Magnetism is a force that can move object by attracting (pulling them towards each other) or repelling (pushing them apart from each other).
**Test corrections are due Friday!!!
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