Quarter 3 Units
Unit 5-Types of Interactions
Essential questions
• How can one describe physical interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
• What type of interactions occurs between forces?
Standards:
MS-PS2-5 and MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-4
Driving question 1
How can force fields be demonstrated?
Driving question 2
How do electromagnetic forces behave and what affects their strength?
Driving question 3
What factors affect the gravitational force between two objects?
Essential questions
• How can one describe physical interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
• What type of interactions occurs between forces?
Standards:
MS-PS2-5 and MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-4
Driving question 1
How can force fields be demonstrated?
Driving question 2
How do electromagnetic forces behave and what affects their strength?
Driving question 3
What factors affect the gravitational force between two objects?
Unit 6- Earth and Space
Essential questions
• What are patterns in the apparent motion between celestial bodies?
• What are the components of the universe?
Standards:
MS-ESS1-1 & MS-ESS1-2
Driving question 1
What pattern in the Earth–sun–moon system can be used to explain lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons?
Driving question 2
What is the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system?
Driving question 3
What are the scale properties of objects in the solar system?
Essential questions
• What are patterns in the apparent motion between celestial bodies?
• What are the components of the universe?
Standards:
MS-ESS1-1 & MS-ESS1-2
Driving question 1
What pattern in the Earth–sun–moon system can be used to explain lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons?
Driving question 2
What is the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system?
Driving question 3
What are the scale properties of objects in the solar system?