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Benchmark skills
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basic skills, built on for future lessons. Measurement skills, labwriting, questioning results, group work, observation
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Who was Galileo?
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1564-1642; interested in mechanics. The father of experimental science, he came up with the equation: v = a x t
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Describe the difference between controls and variables.
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Controls are set parameters of which there are generally several, while there is only one variable, the focus of the experiment.
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Who was Isaac newton?
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1642-1727, English scientist. Nature of motion, plus optics and math.
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What is the first law of motion?
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Inertia, objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force. Ex, table cloth experiment, the dinnerware maintained its inertia.
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The second law of motion
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F = M x a measured in newtons. So a smaller mass should result in a greater acceleration.
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Third law of motion
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for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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