Newton’s Laws of Motion Lesson Plan

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Newton’s laws of motion Lesson Plan 1 Kelley Gaines EDUC630

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Newton’s Laws of Motion Lesson Plan 1 I. Topic/Grade: Newton’s Laws of Motion/8th Grade Science II. Standards of Learning: A. Georgia Performance Standards: 1. S8P3: Students will investigate the relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. 2. S8CS6. Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly. B. National Science Standards: As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of motions and forces. III. Objective(s): The student will explore examples of Newton’s three laws of motion and create a video podcast demonstrating each of the three laws using a real world example. IV. List of materials A. Textbook B. PowerPoint Presentation on Newton’s Laws of Motion C. Computer with Internet Access D. Interactive whiteboard/projector E. IPad/IPod touch or similar device (or a video camera with USB cable) F. Media center’s database application G. Materials for anticipatory set demonstration: index card, beaker, pennies

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H. Various materials for video demonstrations. Student groups will determine the needed materials. I. Exemplars of video podcasts from previous years. J. Paper and pencil V. Class Diversity: There are 21 students in this class. A. There are 9 males and 12 females. B. There are no students with exceptionalities in this class. C. There are 9 African American students, 1 Hispanic student and 11 white students in the class. While the class is fairly culturally diverse, this should not affect the ability of students to perform the expected tasks during the lesson. D. There are 4 students who are economically disadvantaged. Being economically disadvantaged may inhibit these students access to the Internet or IPod/IPad or similar devices. If this occurs, students will be able to check out a device from the school and/or be grouped with a student who does have access to the materials. VI. Technology inclusion Students will access the Internet on a computer or their device in order to research real world examples of Newton’s three laws of motion. Students will then use their video recorders and/or a camera to record a demonstration with explanations of each of the three laws of motion.

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VII. Procedures A. Anticipatory set: The teacher will demonstrate the following activity: 1. Set up an index card on the top of a beaker. Place 4-6 pennies in a stack on top of the index card. With the flick of a finger, move the index card. The pennies will fall into the cup. Ask the students why the pennies fell into the cup? Discuss hypotheses with students. The teacher will explain, if necessary, that this event occurs due to inertia, Newton’s first law of motion. The teacher will explain that there are three laws of motion and that students will become familiar with all three laws throughout the lesson. B. Direct Instruction 1. Students will read in pairs a short section from their textbooks on Newton’s three laws of motion. 2. Students will complete an individual data table as they read the text. The data table can be found in Appendix A. 3. Upon completion of the reading, the teacher will discuss each of the three laws using student feedback from the reading. C. Guided practice 1. The teacher will utilize slides from a PowerPoint presentation to determine students understanding of the three laws. Each slide will contain examples and/or pictures of each of the three laws. Students

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will be asked to identify which law is being demonstrated and explain reasons for their choice. D. Independent practice 1. Students will be allowed to work in groups of 2-3 in order to create a video podcast demonstrating real world examples of each of the three laws of motion. 2. The class will collectively create a rubric that will be used to grade the project. The teacher will lead the class in a discussion of the expectations of the project, including using exemplars from previous years’ projects. Components of a good podcast will be discussed with the class. The teacher will guide the class to agree upon the parts of the rubric. 3. Students will use the Internet to further research Newton’s laws of motion and to look for additional examples. 4. Students will use their research to develop a script for their podcast. Scripts must include all components of the podcast, including how examples will be demonstrated. (Note: The examples should be liverecorded demonstrations and not videos downloaded from the Internet. 5. Students will practice and record their final podcast upon completing and gaining teacher approval of their scripts. Recordings may be done using the IPod/IPad/similar devices or using a video camera.

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6. The class will view and peer-assess student podcasts on the final day of the lesson. Peer-assessments will utilize the same rubric created by the class. VIII. Evaluation/ Assessment A. The teacher will use the anticipatory set as a pre-assessment to determine if students can identify the correct terms and explanations for the demonstration. B. The teacher will use the guided practice session as a formative assessment to determine students understanding of each of the three laws of motion. C. The teacher will monitor group work during the independent practice and ask individual questions to check for understanding. D. The teacher will use the script as a formative assessment of the laws of motion. E. The teacher will use the class-created rubric for the video podcast as a summative assessment for Newton’s laws of motion. IX. Risk Analysis A. No Internet access If no Internet access, students would use their textbooks and media center research to find examples of Newton’s Laws of Motion B. Loss of Charge on the IPods/IPads/similar devices Teacher will provide wall chargers for the devices or ask students to bring their own chargers if they are using their own devices. C. Inappropriate access to Internet sites and/or use of device

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Students will be monitored closely while they have access to the Internet on their devices and must adhere to all school rules applying to Internet access. Students must be logged into the system Wi-Fi and access technology in plain view of the teacher and other students. Only approved websites will be accessed. The teacher will set these websites up through the media center’s database, which is accessible through a downloadable application for all devices. Students caught in inappropriate activity will be disciplined and given an alternate assignment. D. Lack of skill in developing a podcast Students will have been introduced to podcasting through prior experience in the class and also through the Technology class at the school; therefore, most students will already know how to create the podcast. For those students new to the class, the teacher and/or a peer partner will explain the basic methods for creating a podcast.

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Newton’s Three Laws of Motion Complete the following table as you read the textbook section.

Law of Motion

First Law

Second Law

Third Law

Description

Word Picture

Example

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