How Ramp Angle Affects Car Motion

Designing and Conducting Force Investigations

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Conduct an investigation to determine how changing the angle of a ramp affects the speed and distance traveled by a car.

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Designing and Conducting Force Investigations

5th Grade · Science · TEKS

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Learners will plan, design, conduct, and analyze investigations using cars on ramps and balloon rockets to test how forces affect motion and energy transfer.

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112.16(b)(7)(A)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 5th Grade

investigate and explain how equal and unequal forces acting on an object cause patterns of motion and transfer of energy; and

Open Global Standard:OGS.6.PS.4

112.16(b)(7)(B)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Science · 5th Grade

design a simple experimental investigation that tests the effect of force on an object in a system such as a car on a ramp or a balloon rocket on a string.

Open Global Standard:OGS.6.PS.4

OGS.6.PS.4