1.P.1.1 What is a force? - Stimulating Science … 1st Grade Essential Questions - NC Science Author: Heather Kaiser Keywords: NC Science Essential Standards;1st grade Created Date:

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What is a force?



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What is a push or a

pull?



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What can force do?



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What is motion?



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What are the three

ways of motion?



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What does it mean

to speed up?



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What does it mean

to slow down?



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What does it mean

to change direction?



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Can an object move

or stop on its own?



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What is needed to

get an object moving

or to stop?



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What are magnets?



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How do magnets

work?



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What are the poles

of a magnet?



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What do magnets

attract/repel?



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Does a magnet use

force?



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Can magnets move

things?



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Does a ball go the

same distance if you

kick it with different

amounts of force?



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Will a ball go further

if I kick it harder?



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Will a ball go further

if I kick it gently?



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What is balance?



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Does it balance if I

have two different

types of weight?



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Does it balance if I

have the same

weight?



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Does it matter

where on a seesaw

the weights are

placed?



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How do objects in

the sky seem to

move?



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Why does the

earth/moon/sun

appear to move

across the sky?



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In what ways are the

Sun and moon

similar?



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In what ways are the

Sun and moon

different?



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How are the stars in

the sky different?



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What are

constellations?



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What observable

changes occur from

day to day with the

moon?



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What observable

changes happen to

the moon in a month?



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How much time

passes before the

moon begins to

repeat its’ pattern?



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What are earth

materials (matter)?



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What are the

physical properties

of the different

earth materials?

(rocks, minerals, soils

and water)



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How are earth

materials (matter)

useful?



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Why is it important

to know soils from

different places

around the Earth

support growth in

plants differently?



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What are the best

soil types and where

are they located

around the Earth to

support growth?



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How do different

soils types affect

growth in plants?



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What do living things

need to live?



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Why do plants need

air, water, light,

space, food, and

shelter to survive?



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Why do living things

need air, water,

space, food, waste

disposal, and shelter

to survive?



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How do living things

use and plants?

animals?



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How are humans the

same as animals in

their usage of plants

and animals?



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What do people,

animals, and plants

need?



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How are the needs

of people, animals,

and plants the same?

Different?



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How are the needs

of humans, plants,

and animals

different at the

mountains, piedmont,

coast and at the



oceans?



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How are the animals

different in the

different

environments

(crab/seashore,

raccoon/piedmont,



elk/mountains)?



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Why are the

different needs

important for each

environment?



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How do human beings

depend on the

natural and

constructed

environment?



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How do we help

improve the

environment for

plants to grow?



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How do we improve

the environment for

humans to live in?



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What are plants?



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What are the basic

needs of plants?



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How do plants get

energy to grow?



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What are the basic

needs of an animal

will need for growth

and energy?

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