Georgia S2P2.c
The Standard
Record and analyze data to decide if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a force (a push or a pull).
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Science · Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the effect of a force (a push or a pull) in the movement of an object (changes in speed and direction).
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students test a design that uses a push or pull to change an object's motion. They record results, compare trials, and use the data to decide whether the design worked.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can run repeated tests and record speed or direction changes in a simple table. The student uses the results to explain whether the design met its goal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call any movement a success, even when it does not match the design goal. They may confuse speed with distance or judge a design from one trial instead of repeated results.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A bumper was designed to turn a toy car left. It turned left twice and went straight once. Did it work? Use the data.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a cardboard bumper that redirects a rolling marble, run five trials, and tally whether the marble reaches a taped target.
Ask students, "Which result best shows your design worked, and what change would make it more reliable?"
Play Design Detective: teams inspect trial tables, choose the successful ramp or barrier, and cite two data points as evidence.
Test two paper fan designs on a cotton ball, then connect the results to how fans push air to move objects.
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Related Standards
- SKP2.a
Plan and carry out an investigation to determine the relationship between an object's physical attributes and its resulting motion (straight, circular, back and...
- S2P2
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the effect of a force (a push or a pull) in the movement of an object (changes in speed and direction).
- S2P2.a
Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate how pushing and pulling on an object affects the motion of the object.
- S2P2.b
Design a device to change the speed or direction of an object.
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