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Science on Country: Force, Mass and Acceleration in Spear Throwers
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SecondaryYear 10SciencePhysicsHumanities and Social SciencesAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and CulturesSocialIndigenous Education
Summary
Students will explore how spear throwers demonstrate the First Nations peoples of Australia’s understanding of force, mass and acceleration. They will investigate how changes to the spear thrower’s design impact the force of the throw.
Learning intentions
Students will:
explore First Nations Australians’ design, construction and use of spear throwers to understand the relationship between force, mass and acceleration in Newton’s Second law of motion.
Success criteria
Students can:
identify Newton’s second law of motion and understand the relationship between force, mass and acceleration
articulate the role of the forces of motion acting on spear throwers
apply their understanding to constructing and iterating a spear thrower.
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