SCIENCE 101

Student Exploration: Force and Fan Carts Vocabulary: force, friction, position, speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. If you are pushing a shopping cart and you start pushing harder, what happens? Shopping cart will increase in speed 2. What happens to a shopping cart if you get it rolling and then release it? It will coast and slow down due to friction Gizmo Warm-up 1. In the Gizmo, turn the fan Off. Click Play ( ). Did the cart move? _________________ 2...

Student Exploration: Coral Reefs 2 – Biotic Factors [This lesson was designed as a follow-up to the Coral Reefs 1 – Abiotic Factors lesson. Students should complete that activity before trying this one.] Vocabulary (refer to vocab file located on the Gizmo site for definitions): biotic factor, black band disease, invasive species, white band disease Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) In 1992, Hurricane Andrew left a wake of destruction through Florida. One vi...

Student Exploration: Orbital Motion – Kepler’s Laws Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and prompts in the orange boxes. Vocabulary​:​ astronomical unit, eccentricity, ellipse, force, gravity, Kepler’s first law, Kepler’s second law, Kepler’s third law, orbit, orbital radius, period, vector, velocity Prior Knowledge Questions ​(Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. The ​orbit​ of Halley’s Comet, shown at right, has...