Grade 12 · Week 08 · U2
Essential question: Why do curved paths require inward net force?
Five full lessons, worked examples, two offline model labs, friction and circular-motion games, teacher notes, synthetic data, and randomized student practice. The original weekly evidence notebook remains below.
A car can move at constant speed but still require a net force while turning.
Build an initial model and explanation for: Why do curved paths require inward net force?
Record observations, questions, an initial model, and one claim that could be tested. Use these concepts where relevant: friction; normal force; centripetal acceleration; tension; curve.
Study and explain the week's core ideas: friction; normal force; centripetal acceleration; tension; curve
Open dynamics/circular motion text.
Revise Monday's model. Add two evidence-backed annotations and explain one limitation or uncertainty.
Friction models and centripetal relations.
Show units, setup, calculation or graph reasoning, then write what the quantitative evidence can and cannot establish about: Why do curved paths require inward net force?
Circular-motion simulation; no swinging heavy objects.
Use the course safety charter. If supervision, facilities, materials, or conditions are not appropriate, use the supplied-data/simulation alternative rather than improvising hazardous procedures.
Record variables or design constraints, procedure/model, observations/data, and one revision you would make after reviewing the evidence.
Answer the essential question: Why do curved paths require inward net force?
Submit a claim, at least two specific pieces of evidence, reasoning that connects them, one limitation/counterclaim, and a correction note for any essential concept below 80%.
Select one artifact from this week and explain why it is trustworthy evidence of growth.