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Building and Testing a Compound Machine
Design, build, and evaluate a compound machine that combines simple machines, assessing performance against criteria.
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Rotational Dynamics and Simple Machines
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Goal
Learners will analyze rotational motion, calculate torque and moment of inertia, apply angular momentum conservation, and evaluate simple machine designs.
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Learning standards covered
112.45(b)(1)(B)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 12th Gradeapply scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations, and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems;
Open Global Standard:OGS.12.SEP.1
112.45(b)(2)(D)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 12th Gradeevaluate experimental and engineering designs.
Open Global Standard:OGS.12.SEP.3
112.45(b)(3)(A)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 12th Gradedevelop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models and consistent with scientific ideas, principles, and theories;
Open Global Standard:OGS.12.SEP.4
OGS.12.SEP.1OGS.12.SEP.3OGS.12.SEP.4