Force and Motion in Real Life

Submitted by: Kensey Jones, Cara Olexy, Kelly Lassiter and Carole Timberlake
Collaborators: Daria Blom (Friends of Rappahannock educator)
School: Lakeside Elementary School

Summary

Students will be using cameras to document real life examples of force and motion. They will build cars or airplanes using recycled materials that are movable by either pushing or pulling. Teacher will create pixie sort using pictures students have taken for assessment.

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Use of digital camera and laptops/promethean board to document understanding of force and motion. Creation of toy cars and airplanes that can be used to demonstrate force and motion. Use of discovery science, promethean flipcharts and textbook to generate knowledge. For reflection, teacher will lead question and answer sessions each during and after activity. These questions will include: What problems did you come across and how could you solve them? What would you do differently? What type of motion is being created? How can we make objects go further and faster?

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Contents:

  • Lesson Plan
  • Student Artifacts

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