Students analyze a ball Students discuss and Students take part in rolling down an inclined evaluate ways to determine Galileo’s famous falling Students use plane to gather time and Student the velocity of winding toys. objects lab to determine the cell phone displacement data to Students experience data set acceleration due to gravity. cameras to Experience produce the acceleration due that discusses constant collect and to gravity. velocity (modeling of equation) analyze data. T4T N/A balls, vertical blinds, 4 in Any materials that can be N/A Material rings dropped. Acceleration To minimize Big Idea Non constant velocity human error in data points. Meaning of velocity and Scaffold in Connection Students experiment with Students learn that objects procedure for experimentally inclined plane to accelerating objects and fall at the same rate due to determining the average and free fall Culminating changing velocities. the acceleration due to velocity from motion. activity. *Video Analysis* gravity. Activity Plotting data. CA Forces & motion 1.a Forces & motion 1.a Forces & motion 1.a Standards HS-PS2-1 HS-PS2-1 HS-PS2-1 Crosscutting concepts: Crosscutting concepts: Crosscutting concepts: Patterns Patterns Patterns Science & Engineering Science & Engineering Science & Engineering Next practice: practice: practice: Generation Analyzing & interpreting data Analyzing & interpreting data Analyzing & interpreting data Science Mathematical/computational Mathematical/computational Mathematical/computational Standards thinking thinking thinking Common Core: Common Core: Common Core: MP.2 , .4 MP.2 , .4 MP.2 , .4 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSA.CED.A.2 HSA.CED.A.2 HSA.CED.A.2 - Time (2) 55 minute class (1) 55 minute class (1) 55 minute class
Student Experience Students discuss and evaluate ways to determine the velocity of winding toys. Students experience data set that discusses constant velocity Students analyze a ball rolling down an inclined plane to gather time and displacement data to produce the acceleration due to gravity. Students take part in Galileo’s famous falling objects lab to determine the acceleration due to gravity. (modeling of equation) Students use cell phone cameras to collect and analyze data. T4T Material N/A balls, vertical blinds, 4 in rings Any materials that can be dropped. N/A Big Idea Acceleration Non constant velocity To minimize human error in data points. Connection to Culminating Activity Meaning of velocity and procedure for experimentally determining the average velocity from motion. Plotting data. Students experiment with accelerating objects and changing velocities. *Video Analysis* Students learn that objects fall at the same rate due to the acceleration due to gravity. Scaffold in inclined plane and free fall activity. CA Standards Forces & motion 1.a Forces & motion 1.a Forces & motion 1.a Next Generation Science Standards HS-PS2-1 Crosscutting concepts: Patterns Science & Engineering practice: Analyzing & interpreting data Mathematical/computational thinking Common Core: MP.2 , .4 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSA.CED.A.2 HS-PS2-1 Crosscutting concepts: Patterns Science & Engineering practice: Analyzing & interpreting data Mathematical/computational thinking Common Core: MP.2 , .4 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSA.CED.A.2 HS-PS2-1 Crosscutting concepts: Patterns Science & Engineering practice: Analyzing & interpreting data Mathematical/computational thinking Common Core: MP.2 , .4 HSN.Q.A.1, .2 HSA.CED.A.2 Time (2) 55 minute class (1) 55 minute class (1) 55 minute class -