Giving students experiences with many different kinds of motion!

• Nurturing the curiosity and interest in the Motion of Objects
• Measuring and tracing an objects position over time
• Changing the position and motion of objects by pushing or pulling
• Exploring and describing how and why things move the way they do
• Observing and comparing a variety of motions
• Observing and describing the movement of the sun, moon and stars
• Investigating the relationship between force and motion--force as a relation between objects
• Analyzing everyday and not-so-everyday machines/tools/living things for how they move
• Expanding the Motion Vocabulary
  
  
  BASIC BENCHMARKS PROJECT 2061 ATLAS
• The way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull.
• Things move in many different ways, such as straight, zigzag, round and round, back and forth, and fast and slow.
• Changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces.
• The greater the force is, the greater the change in motion will be.
• The motion of an object is always judged with respect to some other object or point.
• If a force acts toward a single center, the objects path may curve into an orbit around the center.
• An unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed or directions of motion or both.