Oregon Content Standards in Science

for Physics of Toys

Physical Science - Understand structures and properties of matter and changes that occur in the physical world.

Force
Common Curriculum Goals
Understand fundamental forces, their forms and their effects on motion

Content Standards
Describe fundamental forces and the motions resulting from them

Benchmark I - (Grade 3)
Describe an object's position and how to affect its movement

Benchmark 2 - (Grade 5)
Describe and compare the motion of objects
(a) Recognize and describe the motion of an object in terms of one or more forces acting on it

Benchmark 2 (Grade 5)
Identify examples of gravity exerting forces on an object
(a) Recognize that things on or near Earth are pulled
toward it by Earth's gravity

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8)
Explain interactions between force and matter and relationships among force, mass and motion
(a) Recognize and describe the motion of an object based on its mass and the force exerted on it.
(b) Predict the change in direction or speed of an object by changing the forces acting on it
(c) Explain inertia

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8)
Recognize that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object.
(a) Describe the effect of gravitational force on objects at the Earth's surface

Energy
Common Curriculum Goals
Understand energy, its transformations and interactions with matter

Content Standard
Explain and analyze the interaction of energy and matter

Benchmark 1 (Grade 3)
Identify types and uses of energy

Benchmark 2 (Grade 5)
Identify forms of various types of energy and their effects on matter

Benchmark 2 (Grade 5)
Describe examples of energy transfer
(a) Identify ways to produce friction
(b) Identify examples of energy transfer in the environment

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8)
Compare forms and behaviors of various types of energy
(a) Distinguish between the forms of energy including gravitational and potential energy

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8)
Describe and explain various energy transfers and resulting transformations
(a) Explain the principle that energy is conserved, neither created or destroyed

CIM/CAM (Grade 10)
Describe and analyze examples of conservation of energy
(a) Explain the difference between potential and kinetic energy