Florida SC.5.P.13.2
The Standard
Investigate and describe that the greater the force applied to it, the greater the change in motion of a given object.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students apply different amounts of force to the same object and observe how its motion changes. They compare results and explain how greater force produces a greater change in speed, distance, or direction.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can plan a fair test that changes only the amount of force. They can use observations or measurements to support the claim that greater force causes greater motion change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a greater force always makes an object move farther, even when mass, surface, or push time changes. They may also confuse force with speed or believe motion requires a continuous force.
How to Assess It
- Give students results from three trials using the same cart with small, medium, and large pushes. Ask them to identify the greatest force and explain their choice using the motion data.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use a spring scale to pull the same cart at 1 N, 2 N, and 3 N for one second, then record distance traveled.
Write a claim explaining how push strength affects a ball, then support it with observations from two different pushes.
Play Force Match by pairing small, medium, and large force cards with matching changes in an object's motion.
Watch two soccer kicks, one gentle and one hard, then compare the ball's speed and distance.
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Related Standards
- SC.6.P.13.3
Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion, or both.
- SC.2.P.13.4
Demonstrate that the greater the force (push or pull) applied to an object, the greater the change in motion of the object.
- SC.5.P.13.3
Investigate and describe that the more mass an object has, the less effect a given force will have on the object's motion.
- SC.4.P.10.2
Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
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