Wisconsin

SCI.PS2 Forces, Interactions, Motion, and Stability

• SCI.PS2 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of forces, interactions, motion, and stability to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.PS2.A Forces and Motion

    • SCI.PS2.A.h Motion and changes in motion can be quantitatively described using concepts of speed, velocity, and acceleration (including speeding up, slowing down, and/or changing direction). Newton's second law of motion (F = ma) and the conservation of momentum can be used to predict changes in the motion of macroscopic objects. If a system interacts with objects outside itself, the total momentum of the system can change; however, any such change is balanced by changes in the momentum of objects outside the system.

      • Distance and displacement in one dimension (Ph-D.1)
      • Solve problems using kinematic equations (Ph-D.2)
      • Solve projectile motion problems given components of velocity (Ph-E.1)
      • Solve projectile motion problems given magnitude and direction of velocity (Ph-E.2)
      • Newton's laws of motion (Ph-F.1)
      • Newton's second law of motion (Ph-F.3)
      • Conservation of momentum (Ph-G.1)

  • SCI.PS2.B Types of Interactions

    • SCI.PS2.B.h Forces at a distance are explained by fields that can transfer energy and can be described in terms of the arrangement and properties of the interacting objects and the distance between them. These forces can be used to describe the relationship between electrical and magnetic fields. Attraction and repulsion between electric charges at the atomic scale explain the structure, properties, and transformations of matter, as well as the contact forces between material objects.

      • Newton's law of universal gravitation (Ph-I.2)
      • Coulomb's law: electrostatic forces (Ph-P.1)
      • Magnets and magnetism (Ph-R.1)

SCI.PS3 Energy

• SCI.PS3 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of energy to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.PS3.A Definitions of Energy

    • SCI.PS3.A.h Systems move towards more stable states.

  • SCI.PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

    • SCI.PS3.B.h The total energy within a system is conserved. Energy transfer within and between systems can be described and predicted in terms of energy associated with the motion or configuration of particles (objects).

      • Conservation of mechanical energy (Ph-H.1)

  • SCI.PS3.C Relationships between Energy and Forces

    • SCI.PS3.C.h Fields contain energy that depends on the arrangement of the objects in the field.

SCI.PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

• SCI.PS4 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.PS4.A Wave Properties

    • SCI.PS4.A.h The wavelength and frequency of a wave are related to one another by the speed of the wave, which depends on the type of wave and the medium through which it is passing. Waves can be used to transmit information and energy.

      • Waves on strings (Ph-L.1)
      • Properties of electromagnetic waves (Ph-N.1)

  • SCI.PS4.B Electromagnetic Radiation

    • SCI.PS4.B.h Both an electromagnetic wave model and a photon model explain features of electromagnetic radiation broadly and describe common applications of electromagnetic radiation.

  • SCI.PS4.C Information Technologies and Instrumentation

    • SCI.PS4.C.h Large amounts of information can be stored and shipped around as a result of being digitized.