In this lesson students will learn about objects in motion and the transference of energy.
An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by another force or object. If an object encounters another object as it travels along a straight path, it will transfer some of its energy to the other object. The amount of energy transferred to the object is related to the angle of the impact. If the moving object grazes the object then only a small amount of energy is transferred and the moving objects path of travel is only affected slightly. If on the other hand the impact is direct and the moving object must completely change its path of travel, a more significant energy transfer takes place.
1. Use Science Process and Thinking Skills.
6. Understand the Nature of Science.
Invitation to Learn
Instructional Procedures
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Curriculum Extensions/Adaptations/Integration
Bass, Kristin.M., Glaser, Robert.(2004) Developing Assessments to inform teaching and learning.CSE Report 628
Informative assessments for students incorporate methods for visualizing progress over time. Like teachers, students also need concise, comprehensible records of past and present accomplishments in order of set future learning goals. Some assessment programs address this need through student-friendly graphical displays.
Hodson, Derek (fall96). Rethinking the role and status of observation in science education. European Education, Volume 28.3
Teachers are too often unaware that children have their own intuitive views about scientific theory often flies in the face of common sense(children's views) and if we do not recognize and cater to this conflict, a number of courses are likely: children may resist the teacher's explanations, misinterpret them, become totally confused and lose the security even of their naive commonsense views, accept them blindly and unthinkingly, or become "conceptually schizophrenic"-- producing the "official" scientific viewpoint of formal occasions, while privately believing their personal views to be more sensible.