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 Competency Goals:: 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs.
Objectives:
4.01: Determine the motion of an object by following and measuring its position over time. 4.02: Evaluate how pushing or pulling forces can change the position and motion of an object. 4.03: Explain how energy is needed to make machines move.
   Moving air.
   Gravity. 4.04: Determine that an unbalanced force is needed to move an object or change its direction. 4.05: Determine factors that affect motion including:
   Force
   Friction.
   Inertia.
   Momentum 4.06: Build and use a model to solve a mechanical design problem.
   Devise a test for the model.
   Evaluate the results of test. 4.07: Determine how people use simple machines to solve problems.