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G8-Lesson 1-BALANCED AND UNBALANCED FORCES

The document is a lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces. It discusses key terms like balance and force, illustrates balanced forces with examples like a seesaw, and contains sample questions and activities for students about representing and predicting forces and their effects on motion.

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G8-Lesson 1-BALANCED AND UNBALANCED FORCES

The document is a lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces. It discusses key terms like balance and force, illustrates balanced forces with examples like a seesaw, and contains sample questions and activities for students about representing and predicting forces and their effects on motion.

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Lesson 1:

BALANCED AND UNBALANCED


FORCES
Short Overview
Question 1a:
What does the word balance mean in everyday
terms?

• When something is stable


• Equal
• Not falling over
Question 1b:
What does the word force mean in everyday
terms?
To break something open, like to force a door open;
• A (force) field,
• A push or a pull;
• Something that makes things move (accelerate) – like a
magnet pulling a metal toy.
Question 2:
What does balance mean in scientific terms when we are
referring to forces?

• The forces are the same.


• The forces are cancelling each other.
• One force counteracts the other.
Question 3:
How could you illustrate or represent balanced forces? (you can use
words, symbols, or drawings)
Some possible representations:

• A seesaw
• A balance beam for gymnastics
• Pushing the palms of your hands together
• Standing on one foot, etc.
Lesson Purpose and Intention
Lesson Purpose and Intention
 Explain to the students that this
lesson is about balanced and
unbalanced forces and how forces
can affect the way an object moves.
Lesson Language Practice
Force Cancel

Same direction Representations

Opposite direction Situations


Lesson Activity
Component 4A: Balance and Forces
Here are two statements about forces and balance:
1. Equal forces acting in opposite directions in the same line cancel
each other and are described as being ‘in balance’.
2. The movement of objects is changed if the forces acting on them
are not ‘in balance’.
[Reference: Working with Big Ideas of Science Education; Wynne Harlen, IPA, 2015]
Component 4A: Balance and Forces
These statements relate to four representations of forces
acting on some square objects
as shown here:
Component 4B:
Q1. What does Equal
forces mean?
Component 4B:
Q1. What does Equal forces mean?
The same sized forces – two
or more.
Component 4B:
Q2. What are some
ways that the motion
of objects might be
changed?
Component 4B:
Q2. What are some ways that the motion of
objects might be changed?
• They could start moving from being still
(i.e., accelerate).
• They could speed up (i.e., accelerate).
• They could slow down (i.e., accelerate).
• They could change direction (i.e., accelerate).
• They could stop moving.
Component 4B:
Q3. What needs to happen
for a force to change an
object’s motion?
Component 4B:
Q3. What needs to happen for a force to change an
object’s motion?
• If an object is still, you would need to apply a force to it to make
it move (like push it or pull it).
• If an object is moving, you could apply a force to it to make it
slow down, to make it change direction,
or to make it go faster.
Component 4C:
Q1. The stimulus shows four
ways to represent forces
using symbols. Which
situations are
representing balanced forces?
Component 4C:
Q1. The stimulus shows four ways to represent forces
using symbols. Which situations are
representing balanced forces?
• Situation 1; or
• Situation 4
• Situation 1 and Situation 4
Component 4C:
Q2. Assuming the square objects are the
same size and mass (weight), what do
you predict would be the movement of
the objects in each situation when the
forces represented were applied to the
objects?
Component 4C:
Q2. Assuming the square objects are the same size and mass
(weight), what do you predict would be the movement of the
objects in each situation when the forces represented were applied
to the objects?
• The object in situation 1 will not move.
• The object in situation 2 will move to the right.
• The object in situation 3 will move to the left.
• The object in situation 4 will not move.
Component 4C:
Q3. Write a general statement
that describes the relationship
between forces and the motion
of an object?
Component 4C:
Q3. Write a general statement that describes the relationship
between forces and the motion of an object?

• If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, the object


will move.
• If there is no net force, the object will not move.
• If there is a net force, the object will move.
Lesson Conclusion
Question 1:

What did you learn from


this lesson?
Question 2:
What are some things you
enjoyed about the lesson?
Question 3:
What is something you would
like to learn more about in
this topic?

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