• Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. (MS-PS2-2)
• Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. (MS-PS2-3)
• Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. (MS-PS2-4)
• Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. (MS-PS2-5)
• Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. (MS-PS3-1)
This project has been designed to evaluate the ability to:
• Explore how force affects motion and analyze changes in motion over time.
• Describe how Newton’s three laws of motion affect model systems of objects.
• Express scientific information in a clear and properly communicated way.