I’m Forcing You To Learn Physics.

October 15, 2012

Motion: change in an object’s position over time.◦ This can look different depending on where you

are

Reference point: a stationary object against which motion is measured◦ Easier way to say it: find an object that doesn’t

move. Then compare your moving object to the one not moving.

Stationary = doesn’t moveExample: Mrs. Szymanski asked Adam to pick up his

pencil, but it remained stationary on his desk.

Motion

Look at my object on the table. 1. Is it moving? 2. How do you know? 3. What proof do you have?

Look behind you and don’t peek until I say to look!

Reference Point

Look at the object now.1. Did it move?2. How do you know?3. What proof do you have?

Use the words “motion” and “reference point” in your answer.

Be ready to share!

Reference Point

Force = a push or pull1. What is a force you know about?2. Is the force you know about a push or a pull?

Mass = the amount of matter in an object1. The ______ mass an object has, the ______ force is

takes to move that object.

Which would not easily be moved by you:A Thomas the Train toy or a real life train?

Force

747 Jets usually fly between 30,000 and 40,000 feet from the ground

Skydivers typically jump no higher than 13,000 feet

Highest clouds can form up to 60,000 feet in tropical regions

Fun Facts

Extreme athlete

Jumped from a helium-filled balloon at approximately 129,000 feet above the ground

Part of atmosphere involved: troposphere and stratosphere

Felix Baumgartner

Getting Ready for the Jump

The Real Deal

The Force is Always With You

1. What force caused Felix to come back to Earth?

2. Was he push or pulled back to Earth?3. Why couldn’t he open his parachute as

soon as he came out?4. What causes his parachute to arc like that

(create that curved look that we know parachutes make)?

Felix and Physics