Introduction

Tires on cars and planes can heat up and smoke due to friction. Tire smoke is commonly seen in car races and drag races, as below.

car race with tire smoke coming from the tires

In the last lesson, you learned how forces impact movement. In this lesson, you'll learn more about the friction force.

 

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Identify and describe static friction, kinetic friction, rolling friction, sliding friction, and microwelds
  • Investigate and discuss kinetic friction and its effect on temperature and particle movement

Enduring Understandings

  • Motion is the result of unbalanced forces acting upon an object.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Physical Science standards: 8.

This lesson incorporates the following Literacy Standards: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R10, W1, W2, W3, W4, W9, and W10.

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