Resource Port: Simple Machines
Monday, April 23, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Unit 4: Force, Gravity, & Motion
Can we outsmart gravity?
Essential Question:
How does friction, gravity, and magnetic forces affect objects on or near earth?
Guiding Questions:
Where does this force come from?
What forces cause all objects to fall to the ground?
What is the relationship between force, gravity, friction, and motion?
As a result of this unit you will be able to:
1. Describe how friction, gravity, and magnetic forces affect objects on or near earth.
2. Build on Inquiry Skills and Engineering
3. Strengthen your creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making, digital citizenship, through the operation and use of technology.
Concept and key words: friction, gravity, magnetic force, motion, velocity, simple machines
Introduction:
Welcome back from Spring Break! We are going to be moving into a new unit and essential question. You will be asked as a result of your learning throughout the unit to construct and build a working amusement park demonstrating key concepts learned! This unit is going to be both exciting and challenging, as you will be learning about simple machines in addition to the key concepts and engineering a working amusement park.
Throughout this unit you will be using this blog as well as the Edmodo Science Class page to access content such as webquests and inquiries, labs assigned, videos, online simulations and exploratory activities, as well as posting reflections on specific tasks. In addition throughout the unit you will be asked to give updates on your work through video podcasts and other means to publishing your work for your classmates to view through the web.
As a result, at the end of the unit your culminating project will be a working amusement park demonstrating what you have learned about force, friction, motion, gravity, and simple machines! We will have community members present, legislative members here and professional engineers to judge your amusement park presentations! This is a great opportunity to be creative and innovative and share with the world your ability to dream big! Who knows, maybe someone will take your idea into consideration in building a real amusement park!
Check out some other created model amusement parks here!
*Notice the video and music! This is your chance to be creative with ideas! You will also have to video record your ride as part of your project!
These are some of the resources used in class during the introduction. Please feel free to review them again! You will find the resource materials as well as the rubric under your Science Edmodo Class Page.
Quote of the Trimester: Million saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Earth and Moon Resources
Moon Phases:
Video Song by Mr. Parr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkvlrWpsnuQ
Mr. Lee Video Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79M2lSVZiY4&feature=related
3D animation of phases of the moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUObZwLJ8A&feature=related
Your Assigned Webquest to work with a partner:
Phases of the Moon http://mrscienceut.net/phasesofthemoonwebquest.html
Friday, January 6, 2012
Unit 3: Introduction to the Sun, Earth, and Moon System
The relative sizes of the sun, Earth, and moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjQJMeq7_Pk&feature=related
Sun, Earth, Moon Lyrics & Song:
Video Lesson: Sun, Earth, Moon System:
Post New Year's in Space:
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