Texas TEKS 6.7.A
The Standard
identify and explain how forces act on objects, including gravity, friction, magnetism, applied forces, and normal forces, using real-world applications
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify gravity, friction, magnetism, applied force, and normal force in everyday situations. They explain each force’s direction and how it changes or supports an object’s motion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students label forces on an object and use arrows to show their directions. They explain why an object speeds up, slows down, changes direction, or remains supported.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat motion as a force or think stationary objects have no forces acting on them. They may confuse normal force with gravity, or assume magnetic forces require contact.
How to Assess It
- Give students a picture of a book being pushed across a table. Ask them to label gravity, normal force, friction, and applied force with arrows and explain the book’s motion.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Slide blocks across sandpaper, foil, and fabric, then compare how friction changes their motion.
Ask students to explain why a chair supports a seated person even though gravity pulls downward.
Play force-card sorting, matching gravity, friction, magnetism, applied force, and normal force to illustrated situations.
Analyze forces on a bicycle rider braking downhill, including gravity, friction, applied force, and the road’s normal force.
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