Investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravitational force, acting on objects, and relate changes in an object’s motion to its mass and the magnitude and direction of forces acting on it

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Investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravitational force, acting on objects, and relate changes in an object’s motion to its mass and the magnitude and direction of forces acting on it.

Code

AC9S7U04

Year level

Year 7

Subject

Science

Strand

Science understanding

Sub-strand

Physical sciences

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Learning intention

We are learning to investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravitational force, acting on objects, and relate changes in an object’s motion to its mass and the magnitude and direction of forces acting on it.

Cloze sentence

Investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including   force, acting on objects, and relate changes in an object’s motion to its mass and the magnitude and direction of forces acting on it.

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