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1. Motion and Design
2. Day 1: What is Motion and Design? Set up Interactive Notebooks. INTRODUCTION TO UNIT: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm Activity: 1.Create a 3 column chart to list what we know about Motion, design and force. (Page 1) 2. Complete the Scavenger Hunt . Use your Sciencesaurus to complete the handout. (Page 2) 3. Exploration with K’NEX pieces. Review guidelines. Be sure you sign your safety contract! This needs to be placed on the front inside cover of your notebook. 4. Copy down Newton’s Laws of Motion (Page 3) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=force+and+motion+physics&aq=0
3. Newton’s Laws of Motion Newton’s first law states that an object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion in a straight line, unless acted on by a force. http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm Newton’s second law states that when a force acts upon an object, the object will start to move, speed up, slow down, or change direction. The greater the force, the greater the change of motion; the greater the mass of the object, the smaller the change of motion. Newton’s third law states that if an object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object. http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/action-and-reaction.htm
4. Day 2: What is Design?
5. Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles Activity: Discuss Newton’s First Law 1. Review lesson 1 in Student Resource booklet. 2. Assign science roles within collaborative groups: Moderator Materials manager Reporter Recorder Investigator 3. Your job is to build a vehicle that will travel 100 cm. 4. Complete Lesson 1 recording handout (Page 4) Homework: Vocabulary (Page 6) Technology, prototype, technological design, and dynamics
6. Day 3: Using Drawings to Record and Build
7. Lesson 2: Technical Drawings Activity: Review definitions . Groups will use colored pencils and graph paper to draw their designs from lesson 1.( Page 6) Remember your roles. Use the provided blueprint/ technical drawing to build the standard vehicle (We will use these in the next few lessons.) 5. Compare your blueprint with the one that was provided to build the standard vehicle. 6. Complete the lesson 2 recording sheet. Homework: Read: The Race That Wasn’t Run and answer questions (Page 7) Be sure to check the TABLE OF CONTENTS page to keep your notebook up to date.
8. Day 4: Looking at Force http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/force/ http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/force-and-motion.htm
9. Newton’s Second Law of Motion Newton’s second law of motion state that when a force is exerted on an object, the force acts to increase the speed of that object, to change its direction, or to slow or stop its motion. BrainPOP | Newton's Laws of Motion
10. Exploring Newton’s Second Law of Motion Activity: Falling Weight System Complete Lesson 3 recording sheet. Vocabulary: Inertia, gravity, momentum
11. Day 5: Carrying a Load
12. Lesson 4: Testing the Motion of Vehicles Carrying a Load Vocabulary: Mass- the amount of material in an object Weight- the amount of force gravity exerts on an object’s mass. How does force affect the motion of lighter and heavier vehicles? Activity: Graphing Data: How load affects the time a vehicle travels Complete the Falling Weight Investigation with load Using the lesson 4 recording handout ( page )
13. Day 6: Vehicle Design
14. Lesson 5: Evaluating Vehicle Design Design Challenge! Use the challenge cards to complete the task. Homework: Enter in your notebook Read Lunar Rover: Making Tracks on the Moon and complete Q&A (teacher resource pg. 52-53)
15. Day 7 & 8:Rubber Band Energy
16. Lesson 6&7: Looking at Rubber Band Energy Vocabulary: Copy in you notebook Energy- the capacity to do work Potential- is energy ready to be released (stored) Kinetic- energy of motion This will take two class periods. Complete Investigation and the lesson 6 recording sheet. Complete Investigation and the lesson 7 recording sheet Homework: How are energy and work related? Use your Science text to answer The questions on handout.
17. Day 9: Looking at Friction
18. Lesson 8: Evaluating Vehicle Design Activity: Complete the Design Cards for Observing Friction (One group per card may be necessary due to time) Card 1: Wheels and Tan Hub Connectors Complete the Observation handout 8-A Card 2: Tires Complete the Observation handout 8-A Card 3: Frame and crossbars Complete the Observation handout 8-A Homework: Self Assessment A
19. Hot Wheels Activity Activity: Complete It’s Race Time Your Goals: To investigate and measure distance of Hot Wheels on different surfaces To record your findings (recoding sheet) To use what you learned to explain friction Use http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/Classic/bar.asp to graph groups results (save and print) Rules: Decide as a group on the surfaces you will use Take turns Work quietly
20. Day 11: Building a Propeller-Driven Vehicle
21. Day 12: Looking at Cost
22. Lesson 13 Discuss cost and how it affects how well a product sell. Student Resource Book pg. 15. Read and highlight relevant information. Use the next clean page in your notebook to list ways to reduce cost in vehicle Production. Be prepared to share with the class.
23. Design Challenge!!!Lessons 14-16