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Learning Framework
Concept
Critical and creative thinking, literacy, investigations
Content
Students understand change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces, including Earth's gravitational attraction, acting on the object.
Skills
- Questioning and predicting
- Planning and conducting
- Processing and analysing data and information
- Summarising
Resource Key
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LEVEL 1:
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2:
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3:
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Research Tools
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Library Books
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Can you feel the force? by Call Number: 530 HAMISBN: 1405315431Publication Date: 2006
Physics: an illustrated history of the foundations of science by Call Number: 530.09 JACISBN: 9781627950961Publication Date: 2017
Effects of forces
- Effects of forces on an object
A push or a pull acting on an object is called force... We use force to perform various activities. - Force & Pressure
Generally, Forces are described as push or pull on an object.
eSchooltoday. (2017). What is a Force and how is Force measured? Retrieved from https://eschooltoday.com/science/forces/what-is-a-force.html
Key terms
- EffectEffect is the result of an action, as in those “cause and effect” .
- MeasurementTaking a measurement involves figuring out how long something is or what it weighs or how fast it is.
- DirectionA line leading to a place or point.
- WeightIn physics, weight is a precise measurement based on the force that gravity exerts on a mass.
- FactorsA factor is a part or element that contributes to a result.
Balanced and unbalanced forces
- Balanced forces
Balance forces are two forces acting in opposite directions on an object, and equal in size.
- Unbalanced forces
Unlike balanced forces, we say unbalanced forces when two forces acting on an object are not equal in size.
Types of forces
- Types of Forces
A variety of force types were placed into two broad category headings on the basis of whether the force resulted from the contact or non-contact of the two interacting objects. - Types of Forces
Force can be classified into two broad categories:
1. Contact
2. Non-Contact, also known as Action at a distance forces
