Curriculum Map Approx. time Lesson Title Vocabulary Assessment Methods Summary (min.) 1 What is a Wind-up? Students observe a wind-up, identify its materials, 100 wind-up, energy, stored energy Observation, discussion, draw it and begin to make their own wind-ups. written work 2 Make a Wind-up Recording the issues that arise as students attempt to 50 potential energy, elastic energy, Observation, discussion, make wind-ups kinetic energy written work 3 Troubleshooting Developing methods for addressing the issues in 50 cause, fix, troubleshooting, Observation, discussion, Wind-ups wind-up operation friction 4 Observing Differences Observing and discussing different ways to make 100 variable, design variable, Observation, discussion, and Making a Standard wind-ups, and differences in their performance, agree performance variable, written work Wind-up on a common way to make a wind-up and make a experiment, standard design, standard wind-up based on this method fair test 5 Exploring How a Comparing wind-up drawings, discussing energy 100 opaque, transparent, Observation, discussion, Wind-up Works concepts and writing troubleshooting guides transformation of energy, input, written work & Writing a output Troubleshooting Guide 6 Plan an experiment on Planning an experiment that will explore the effect of 50 experiment, compare, opinion, Observation, discussion, wheel size on the operation of a wind-up evidence, distance, measure, effect of wheel size data, data table, diameter 7 Conduct an experiment Carrying out the experiment on the effect of wheel 50 pattern, cause, effect, fair Observation, discussion, on the effects of wheel size by measuring the distances traveled by wind-ups experiment, generalize written work size with different wheel sizes 8 Experiment with Planning and conducting an experiment to determine 100 variation, average Observation, discussion, how the number of turns affects the distance traveled written work Number of Turns by a wind-up 9 Redesigning and Redesigning wind-ups for esthetic appeal 50 mechanism, customize, spin, Observation, discussion, roll, animate, vertical , written work Customizing Wind-ups horizontal, esthetic, art 10 Make a Wind-up for Continuing to design and make a fancy wind-up for 50 Observation, written work the auto show the Show 11 Illustrated instruction Writing illustrated instruction manuals showing how 100 Instruction manual Written work manuals to make wind-ups 12 Presenting wind-ups to an audience, explaining how 100 Presentation The Wind-up Show they were made and how they work .
Curriculum Map Lesson Title Summary Approx. time (min.) Vocabulary Assessment Methods 1 What is a Wind-up? Students observe a wind-up, identify its materials, draw it and begin to make their own wind-ups. 100 wind-up, energy, stored energy Observation, discussion, written work 2 Make a Wind-up Recording the issues that arise as students attempt to make wind-ups 50 potential energy, elastic energy, kinetic energy Observation, discussion, written work 3 Troubleshooting Wind-ups Developing methods for addressing the issues in wind-up operation 50 cause, fix, troubleshooting, friction Observation, discussion, 4 Observing Differences and Making a Standard Wind-up Observing and discussing different ways to make wind-ups, and differences in their performance, agree on a common way to make a wind-up and make a standard wind-up based on this method 100 variable, design variable, performance variable, experiment, standard design, fair test Observation, discussion, written work 5 Exploring How a Wind-up Works & Writing a Troubleshooting Guide Comparing wind-up drawings, discussing energy concepts and writing troubleshooting guides 100 opaque, transparent, transformation of energy, input, output Observation, discussion, written work 6 Plan an experiment on effect of wheel size Planning an experiment that will explore the effect of wheel size on the operation of a wind-up 50 experiment, compare, opinion, evidence, distance, measure, data, data table, diameter Observation, discussion, 7 Conduct an experiment on the effects of wheel size Carrying out the experiment on the effect of wheel size by measuring the distances traveled by wind-ups with different wheel sizes 50 pattern, cause, effect, fair experiment, generalize Observation, discussion, written work 8 Experiment with Number of Turns Planning and conducting an experiment to determine how the number of turns affects the distance traveled by a wind-up 100 variation, average Observation, discussion, written work 9 Redesigning and Customizing Wind-ups Redesigning wind-ups for esthetic appeal 50 mechanism, customize, spin, roll, animate, vertical , horizontal, esthetic, art Observation, discussion, written work 10 Make a Wind-up for the Show Continuing to design and make a fancy wind-up for the auto show 50 Observation, written work 11 Illustrated instruction manuals Writing illustrated instruction manuals showing how to make wind-ups 100 Instruction manual Written work 12 The Wind-up Show Presenting wind-ups to an audience, explaining how they were made and how they work 100 Presentation .