The Week of November 30th

After our science test this week, we learned many key ideas about motion. We learned why motion moves and how to draw a force diagram. We also learned that gravity is not an object and to express it we should use the word earth. So when you put a book on the table, the book pushes down and the table pushes up at the same force making the book rest on the table. If there was more negative force the book would fall down, and if there was more postive force the book would go up. We also learned how to write equations for these objects. For my previous example it would be 5n +-5n=0n, making the position equal. Of course n stands for newtons. I also had to guess the amount of newtons.

We learned this by many ways. We were taught vocally, by Mr. Segen and we wrote down good notes. Although this was key in my increase in knowledge, the most important way we learned this was through models and diagrams. We used bowling balls, small weights, and even ourselves to model motion for our learning. One day we even got to push a car, so we could represent the motion of how the car was moving in mid-push and after we stopped. This was how we learned the science ideas.


This is important to know because although we already learned alot about motion, but to fully understand motion and to become a scientist you always must keep researching further, because there is always something to learn in the world of science. Also if we learn about different science ideas and there is a problem or situation that need what we already learned we can process it easier using the fundamentals of motion. These are really important reasons why we should know this