8/22-8/23 TASKS

I​NDEPENDENT STATION EXPECTATIONS:

1. Working​ ​SILENTLY​ AND I​ NDEPENDENTLY
2. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
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Directions:
1. Open up your notebook to a brand new page.
2. Take out your ​blue​ and black pen/pencil.
3. Title a brand new page in your notebook:​ ​Balanced and Unbalanced
Forces Notes
4. Write today’s date on the top right ​8/22/19 or 8/23/19
5. ​Click Here for Google Countdown Timer​ and set the timer countdown
for each activity based on the ​red time suggestions​ below.
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Part 1:​ Check It! Reflection 5 min
Directions:
1. Copy the questions below into your notebook using ​BLUE PEN​.
2. Answer the questions in your notebook using ​BLACK PEN/PENCIL​.
3. Click on ​PowerSchool Grades Link​ and check your grades

A) Did I complete my STEM Monday CER? Did I complete my First Law of Motion
Independent Tasks from this week? How will this affect my grade?

B) One thing I am looking forward to this weekend is...

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Part 2:​ Preview It! (Vocabulary) 7 min.
Directions:
1​. Copy the following chart in your notebook.
2 Click on the following link ​Science Dictionary​ ​to fill out vocab chart​ IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!
 WORD DEFINITION SYNONYMS/SIMILAR
WORDS OR IMAGE
1. Balanced Force

2. Unbalanced
Force

3. Net Force

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Part 3:​ Watch It! 7 min.
Directions:
​ atch the ​Why don't we fall into the center of the earth? Video
1. W
Or​ ​Use this link if you get the youtube blocked message
2. Copy the following statements and fill in the blanks in your notebook.

a. Force is a ​___________​ or ​___________​ exerted on an object.

b. When a number of forces acting on an object are such that their resultant force (net force) is
zero. The forces are said to be ​___________​.
c. When a number of forces acting on an object are such that their resultant force is not equal to
zero. The forces are said to be ​___________​.
d. ​When the little green guy is falling were the forces acting on him balanced or unbalanced?
How do you know?
e. What is the gravitational force of the earth?
f. Normal force is ​___________ ​to the gravitational force, which keeps us falling to the center of
the earth.

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 Part 4:​ Read It! 10 min.
Directions:
1. Read the passage below and copy the statements into your notebook:

a. The main idea from this reading is … (write 2-3 sentences)

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces 

  
Remember when you were a little kid and you fought your sibling or friend over a 
toy? You would pull it in one direction while they would pull the other? This is an example 
of when more than one force is acting on an object at the same time. Another example of 
this would be, if you and a friend work together to push a table across the room. You are 
both applying force to the table as you move it! The combination of all of the forces acting 
on an object is called the ​net force. 
  
Recall that a force is a push or a pull on an object and that force is measured in 
newtons (N). If you were pushing the table with a force of 20 N and your friend was 
pushing with a force of 16 N in the same direction, the total amount of force, or the net 
force, applied to the table would be 36 N. This addition of forces can be applied any time 
two forces are acting on an object in the SAME direction. If the forces are acting in the 
OPPOSITE direction, however, you would calculate net force a bit differently. Using the 
example of pulling on a toy in opposite directions, whoever pulls with more force would win 
the toy. To calculate the net force simply subtract the smaller force from the larger one. 
If you pulled the toy with a force of 8 N and your friend pulled in the opposite direction 
with a force of 6 N, the net force applied is 2 N in your direction and you would win the 
toy! 
  
When more than one force is applied to an object in the ways described above, the 
forces could be balanced or unbalanced. ​Balanced forces ​produce no change in the motion 
of an object and the net force is zero. For example, if two football players block each 
other with the same force and none of them move, the force is balanced. This does not 
mean the balanced forces have no effect on the object at all. The two football players with 
a balanced force could flatten their shoulder pads and dent their helmets, but still remain 
motionless. The object’s physical properties may be affected, even if its motion does not 
change. 
  
 Now imagine a game of tug of war. At certain points during the competition, the 
rope is probably at a standstill (the force is balanced), but at some point, one of the team 
pulls at a greater force causing the rope to move in their direction. This is an example of 
an unbalanced force. ​Unbalanced forces ​produce a change in the motion of an object and 
the net force is greater than zero. Unbalanced forces are unequal and opposite in 
direction. If the stronger team pulls the rope at a stronger force than your team, you will 
be pulled in their direction. 
 
 

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Part 5:​ Write it! 10 min.
Directions:
1. Copy the questions in your notebook.
2. Use the reading to help you answer the questions below:
a. Net force is...
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b. You add the total number of forces when...

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c. When forces are acting in opposite directions, you calculate the total force by ...
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d. An example from the reading of ​balanced forces​ is...

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 e. An example from the reading of ​unbalanced forces​ is...
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Part 6: ​Done Early? Extend It! 20 min.

Directions:
1. Copy the statements below in your notebook.
2. Answer the following questions using your knowledge of unbalanced and balanced forces and
the pictures below.

Balanced VS. Unbalanced Forces

1. A ​force ​is a _____________________or a _____________________. In the pictures below we see

people exerting a force in one of these ways. Sometimes there is ​movement​, we called this a(n)
_____________________ force. Other times there is ​no movement​, this is called a(n)
_____________________ force.

2. Is the picture above an example of pulling or pushing? _____________________

3. If Joey is exerting a force of 290N and Nick exerts 290N, who will win? _____________________
4. What is the total force applied to the rope?_____________________
5. Is this an example of a balanced or unbalanced force? _____________________
6. Above we have some teachers playing tug of war after school! Which side, left or right, will
win?_____________________. By how much will they win?_____________________
7. Is this an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?_____________________

8. Above Sarah and Anitafalita are pushing a crate. They both use 60N of force and the crate slowly slides.
What is the total force on the crate?_____________ It is ​balanced/ unbalanced?
9. ​WHAT IF ​they both pushed on the crate and it didn’t move?

Directions:
1. Watch the ​Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Khan Academy
2. As you watch the video, copy the 5 drawings and examples from the video in
your notebook.
3. Once you complete the video examples, copy and answer the questions below
in your notebook.
a) What is the net balance of force if you and a friend both push a bookshelf across the
room and you are pushing with a force of 27N and your friend is pushing with a force of
32N? Explain your answer.
b) In an arm wrestling match with your older brother, he exerts a force of 12N and you
exert a force of 10N. Is the force balanced or unbalanced? What is the net force? Who
wins and why?
c) If your tug of war team is pulling the rope with a force of 115N, what would the force
have to be from the other team for the forces to be balanced? What would then cause
that force to become unbalanced?
d) Explain the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces. Use real world
examples to explain your answer.