Science
Free-Body Diagrams: Draw the Forces, Find the Net Force
Students add and subtract forces to find net force, then draw and label free-body diagrams for five situations and calculate weight, tension and acceleration.
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Career & technical ed.
Loads and Structures: Tension, Compression and Safety Factors
Students learn tension, compression, dead and live loads, safety factors and how a beam shares a load between supports, then solve short structure calculations with units.
Science
Newton’s Three Laws in Everyday Scenarios
Students match each of Newton’s laws to everyday scenarios, match law statements, and solve three F = ma problems.
Science
Newton’s Three Laws: Sort, Solve and Explain
Students sort everyday situations into Newton’s three laws, solve five F = ma problems, and judge true-or-false statements about force and motion.
Social studies
Operant Conditioning: Reinforcement, Punishment and Schedules
Students use a 2 x 2 grid to classify eight scenarios as positive or negative reinforcement or punishment, then identify four reinforcement schedules.
Career & technical ed.
Simple Machines by the Numbers: Levers, Ramps and Pulleys
Students identify the six simple machines and calculate ideal mechanical advantage, effort force, work and efficiency for levers, ramps, pulleys and wheel-and-axle examples.