Eggstronaut Drop
Correlations To National Science Standards
Physical Science — Content Standard B
Motions and Forces
- If more than one force acts on an object along a straight line, then the forces will reinforce or cancel one another, depending on their direction and magnitude. Unbalanced forces will cause changes in the speed or direction of an object's motion.
Transfer of Energy
- Heat moves in predictable ways, flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones until both reach the same temperature.
Science and Technology — Content Standard E
Identify appropriate problems for technological design
Design a solution
Implement a proposed design
Evaluate completed technological designs
Communicate the process of design
Understandings about science and technology
- Science and technology are reciprocal. Science helps drive technology as it addresses questions that demand more sophisticated instruments and provides principles for better instrumentation and techniques
- Perfectly designed solutions do not exist. All solutions have trade-offs such as safety, cost, efficiency, and appearance.
- Technological designs have constraints. Some are unavoidable such as properties of materials.
- Technological solutions have intended benefits and unintended consequences.
Last updated
May 27, 2009