Force and Motion

Curriculum details

Strand

Forces and Energy (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Force and Motion (4.4)

Content standard

B9.4.4.3 - Demonstrate understanding of Newton's Laws of motion and ability to apply the laws to solve problems in everyday life

Indicator

B9.4.4.3.1 - Explain Newton's Laws of Motion and their applications to daily life.

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• content standard text - p.112: the content standard B9.4.4.2 is printed again on p.111 with different text, "Demonstrate an understanding of Newton's Third Law of Motion and its application in eve..."
• indicator text - p.112: the code B9.4.4.2.1 is printed again on p.111 for a different indicator, "Explain the importance of Newton's Third Law of Motion in life."; the document contradicts itself and both are transcribed
• indicator text - printed 'B9.4.4.2.1' under a standard also coded 'B9.4.4.2', whose text differs from the B9.4.4.2 printed on p.111 (Newton's Third Law). Sub-strand 4.4 has three standards: pressure, Newton's Third Law, and Newton's Laws generally. Filed as the third.

Curriculum reference

Science, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 112

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Explain Newton's Laws of Motion and relate them to momentum.
2. Demonstrate the application of Newton's Laws of motion in everyday life.
3. Derive the formula, f = ma, where f is the force, m the mass of the object, and a, the acceleration, from Newton's three Laws of Motion and use the formula to calculate the force that a moving mass of body exerts when moving with known acceleration.