STANDARD 5.7    (PHYSICS) ALL STUDENTS WILL GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL LAWS AS THEY APPLY TO MOTION, FORCES, AND ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS.

 

Descriptive Statement:  Basic principles of physics emerge in this standard, where the study of force and motion leads students to the concept of energy. All forms of energy are introduced and investigated, and principles of transformation and laws of conservation are developed.

 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:

 

A.     Motion and Forces

 1.         Recognize that changes in the speed or direction of a moving object are caused by force and that the greater the force, the greater the change in motion will be.

 2.         Recognize that some forces can act at a distance.

·        gravity

·        magnetism

·        static electricity

 

B.     Energy Transformations

 1.         Identify sources of heat and demonstrate that heat can be transferred from one object to another.

 2.         Identify sources of light and demonstrate that light can be reflected from some surfaces and pass through others.

 3.         Use devices that show electricity producing heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects.

 4.         Show that differences in sound (loud or soft, high or low) can be produced by varying the way objects vibrate.

 

 

Link to Standard 5.7 Grade K-2

 

Link to Standard 5.7 Grade 5-6

 

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