
How Big is that Force?
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3rd Grade
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Nicole Suárez
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How big is that Force?
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Multiple Choice
Can you pick this toy car up with your hands?
Of course!
No way...
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Multiple Choice
And this real car, can you pick it up with your hands?
Sure!
Umm... No
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Objects need forces to move them.
But you already know that!
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How can we know how much force does an object need to be moved?
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First, let's look back at history:
Many many (many) years ago, Isaac Newton discovered a force when an apple hit him on the head!
He thought: ''why did the apple go down, and not up?''
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Newton then thought: ''there must be a force pulling things down!''
He called this force ''gravity''.
We measure the force of gravity in Newtons.
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Wait... What instrument can we use to measure this force?
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A FORCE METER! Also known as Newton Meter
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Do you want to know how it works?
Have these materials ready for next class!
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Materials for a force meter:
A 30cm wood, metal or hard plastic ruler (NOT flexible)
Two rubber bands
Four paper clips
Objects to be measured: a pencil case, a notebook, a plastic bag (from the supermarket) and some toys (big and small).
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Multiple Choice
Before you go! Complete this sentence:
- We measure forces in _______.
Kilometers
Newtons
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Multiple Choice
We use a ruler to measure forces! Right?
Correct!
Noooo! We use a force meter.
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See you in class!
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