High School Science

What is Gravitational Force? • What is Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation? • What is the difference between mass and weight? What affects the gravitational pull between two objects?

Circular Motion

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Types of orbits and connection to Kinetic and Potential Energy

Math Skills

Literacy Standards

Solving equations, work with scientific notation, proportional reasoning, use summation notation

RL 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. RL 2: Determine the central ide as or conclusions of a text; trace the text’s explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text. RL 10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9 – 10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. WL 3: Write precise enough descriptions of the step-by-step procedures they use in their investigations or technical work that others can replicate them and (possibly) reach the same results. WL 5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. WL 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

= 1 2 2 = Force of Gravity G = Gravitational Constant

1 = mass 1 2 = mass 2 2 = Force of Gravity

Resources

Solar System Orbits Gravity Lab Verneir Lab Ellipse Lab (Optional) Planets and Gravity (Optional)

Physics Unit 5: Heat & Energy

Science Core Standards

Student Learning Progressions

STANDARD IV: Students will understand transfer and conservation of energy. Objective 1 : Determine kinetic and potential energy in a system. a. Identify various types of potential energy (i.e., gravitational, elastic, chemical, electrostatic, nuclear).

Identify and describe the three types of heat energy transformations

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Identify types of energy

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b. Calculate the kinetic energy of an object given the velocity and mass of the object. c. Describe the types of energy contributing to the total energy of a given system.

Describe energy loss in transformation of energy

Objective 2: Describe conservation of energy in terms of systems. a . Describe a closed system in terms of its total energy.

Describe heat transfer methods

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