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What are the relationships between orbital distance, period, and velocity? How are Newton's Laws used when describing circular motion?
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Student Learning Map
- Topic:Circular & Rotational Motion
- Subject(s):Science
- Days:8
- Grade(s):11, 12
Key Learning:
Realize an acceleration is created by the change of direction of an object in circular motion. Understand and utilize Kepler's Laws to relate translational motion and rotational motion.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Concept: Kepler's Laws Lesson Essential Question(s):How can the orbits of planets be described? (ET)How does the radius of the planet\'s orbit affect it\'s orbital period? (ET)How are the areas swept out by the orbiting object related to radius and speed? (ET)Lesson Essential Question(s):How are Newton\'s Law of Universal Gravitation and Kepler\'s Laws related? (ET)Vocabulary:Copernican revolution, Copernicus, elliptical orbits, Halley's comet, Johannes Kepler, Kepler's Laws
Vocabulary:Concept: Center of Mass and Torque Vocabulary:
Additional Info:
There are no FCAT vocabulary terms associated with this student learning map. Glencoe Physics textbook, ancillary materials and resource attachment.
Resources:
Culminating Activities:
1. Untitled Culminating ActivityStudent Assessment(s):
1. Untitled Student AssessmentAcquisition Lesson(s):
1. How is displacement affected by an increase in radius for objects travelling in circular orbits?2. How are angular velocities and accelerations determined?3. How are forces and radii used to determine torque?Extended Thinking Lesson(s):
1. How can an object moving at a constant speed be accelerating?2. How can the orbits of planets be described?3. How does the radius of the planet\'s orbit affect it\'s orbital period?4. How are the areas swept out by the orbiting object related to radius and speed?5. How are Newton\'s Law of Universal Gravitation and Kepler\'s Laws related?6. How is rotational inertia similar to translational inertia?