Unit: Motion and Forces.
Grade Level: 6th
Estimated time requirement: 2--50 minute class periods.
Summary: This lesson introduces the concept of motion, speed, average speed, velocity, and acceleration. Students will learn to read, interpret, and produce graphs of motion.

Objectives: 1. Identify when motion occurs. 2. Explain relative motion. 3. Compare speed, velocity, and acceleration.

TEKS: 6.1A Demonstrate safe practices during lab investigations.
6.2APlan and inplement procedures including asking questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using equipment and technology.
6.2B Collect data by observing and measuring.
6.2C Analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence.
6.2E Construct graphs, tables, using tools to organize, examine, and evaluate data.
6.4 Use a variety of tools.
6.4A Collect, analyze, and record information using tools including timing devices, calculators, and probes.
6.6A Identify and describe the changes in position, direction of motion, and speed of an object when acted upon by a force.
6.6B Demonstrate that changes in motion can be measured and graphically represented.

Assessment: Students will be able to answer teacher related questions about the reading, correctly filling in notes from the lesson, making correlations between information presented in the chapter and accurate completion of the graphing activity. Accurately matching graphs.

Materials: Textbook (Glencoe TX Science), TI 73 Graphing calculator, overhead projector, TI Viewscreen 73, Activity 1 "Match the Graph" from 1997 Texas Instruments Incorporated,
TV, computer with digital curriculum video clips or internet access to video clips.

Resources: Glencoe Texas Science grade 6, Texas Instruments Getting Started with CBR booklet and activity 1, Digital Curriculum video download. (Digitalcurriculum.com), unitedstreaming video download.
(Unitedstreaming.com).

Prior Knowledge/Skills:
Procedures:
Students have been assigned chapter vocabulary prior to day 1 lesson. ( displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, force, inertia, balanced forces, friction, gravity, first law of motion, second law of motion, third law of motion.)
1. Reading orally from textbook pgs. 102-106. Class discussion and notes.
2. *Show students video clip: "Speed" (0:58)
3. Read and discuss pages 107-109. Add to notes.
4.*Show video clip: "Constant Motion: The Ups and Downs of Technology" (6:26)
5. Students will begin the graphing lesson on linear motion.
Using the TI Viewscreen 73, teacher will demonstrate and teach how the calculator program works. Students will be asked questions as the lesson progresses. Students will be in groups of 4 for this lesson.

*Download the "Match the Graph Activity" pdf. file.

Video Cited:
1.Speed:Another Factor in Describing Motion (0:58) from Motion: Newton's Three Laws Survey of Science: Physics Essentials 9096-EN-VID/ISBN0-8068-9096-7 www.digitalcurriculum.com
2. Constant Motion: The Ups and Downs of Technology. Discovery Channel School Retrieved Oct. 12, 2004 from Discovery Enterprises, LLC: www.unitedstreaming.com

Modifications: Teacher may want to group weak students with stronger students ahead of time.

Technology Infusion: TI 73 calculators, CBR units, TI Viewscreen, overhead, TV monitor, computer with video clips loaded.

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