Listed below are the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) for Physical Science and bullet points for their specific grade band progression.
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PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces
A bigger push or pull makes things speed up or slow down more quickly.
When objects collide, the contact forces transfer energy so as to change the objects’ motions.
When two objects interact, each one exerts a force on the other that can cause energy to be transferred to or from the object.
When two objects interacting through a field change relative position, the energy stored in the field is changed.