Implementing OpenSciEd 8.1 Contact Forces
Implementing OpenSciEd 8.1 Contact Forces
Presenters
- Greg Bachmeier
- Jake Bell
Description
This course was designed to introduce and prepare science educators to implement the OpenSciEd 8.1 Contact Forces.
Oh, no! I’ve dropped my phone! Most of us have experienced the panic of watching our phones slip out of our hands and fall to the floor. We’ve experienced the relief of picking up an undamaged phone and the frustration of the shattered screen. This common experience anchors learning in the Contact Forces unit as students explore a variety of phenomena to figure out, “Why do things sometimes get damaged when they hit each other?”
Student questions about the factors that result in a shattered cell phone screen lead them to investigate what is really happening to any object during a collision. They make their thinking visible with free-body diagrams, mathematical models, and system models to explain the effects of relative forces, mass, speed, and energy in collisions. Students then use what they have learned about collisions to engineer something that will protect a fragile object from damage in a collision. They investigate which materials to use, gather design input from stakeholders to refine the criteria and constraints, develop micro and macro models of how their solution is working, and optimize their solution based on data from investigations. Finally, students apply what they have learned from the investigation and design to a related design problem.
Event Notes
Participants should create an account with OpenSciEd in order to access the materials
Dates
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Tue, June 22 20218:30 AM - 12:30 PMOnline
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Wed, June 23 20218:30 AM - 12:30 PMOnline
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Thu, June 24 20218:30 AM - 12:30 PMOnline
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Fri, June 25 20218:30 AM - 12:30 PMOnline
Registration
Event # 115728
- Price
- Free
- Registered
- 10 / 30
- Registration Ends
- Saturday Jun 19, 2021 8:30 AM
Professional Hours
Clock Hour Number: VAJ129016.00 | Clock Hours | $48.00 |
16.00 | STEM |