Inclined Plane Experiment

Lesson Overview

Students will experiment with inclined planes to determine how to reduce the amount of force required to move an object. The students will have to solve a problem in which they must determine the most efficient way to move an object (box) up an inclined plane.

Duration

Multiple days

Lesson Type

Project Based Lesson

Essential Question

How can you adjust an inclined plane to reduce the amount of work required to move an object?

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Science
- Physical Science
  - Energy Transfer

Interactive whiteboard

PC or Chromebook

Internet

Digital Journal (One drive or Google Document)

Journal

Paper

Pencil

Protractor

Box with a heavy object inside the box

Wooden planks

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Standards

Physical Science: Energy Transfer and Conservation
- 6.P.3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of energy, the transfer and conservation of energy, and the relationship between energy and forces.
  - 6.P.3B Energy transfer occurs when two objects interact thereby exerting force on each other. It is the property of an object or a system that enables it to do work (force moving an object over a distance). Machines are governed by this application of ...
    - 6.P.3B.1 Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to provide evidence for how the design of simple machines (including levers, pulleys, inclined planes) helps transfer mechanical energy by reducing the amount of force required to do work.

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Lesson Created By: MattieShuler