Forces+and+Motion

**Grade 4**  **Unit:**  **Purposes:**

 **Description:**

Desired Results

CT Grade Level Expectations

 * Connecticut Mastery Test Objectives**


 * **Understandings** || **Essential Questions** ||


 * **Knowledge:**

//The student will know...// || **Skills:**

//The students will be able to...// ||


 * Content Vocabulary ||

Assessment Evidence
 * **Performance Tasks**

Simple Machine Castles

Castle Rubric || **Formative Assessments**

Science Logs

Summative Assessments

Self Assessments ||

Learning Plan [|Zoom Machine] Create a "zoom machine" that will travel a distance of 4 meters in the shortest amount of time. [|Rocket Rally] Create an air-powered rocket that will travel the greatest distance [|Bottle Blasters] Build a device that will launch a ball to knock over bottles and earn points! [|Battle of the Boats] Create a boat that will travel a specified distance in the shortest amount of time. [|Air Glider] Students construct air gliders to learn about the force of friction.
 * Resources**
 * Junkbox Wars Experiments**

[|Eli Whitney Forces and Motion Project Kits] The Projects are ideal for individual discovery of for group activity. Each kit is complete and ready to be assembled with a minimum of tools, but is far from an end design!

[|Forces and Motion Hands On Science] Over 40 Fantastic Experiments

[|Castle]by David Macauley

[|The Forces that Move Us] Max Axiom: Super Scientist


 * **Anchor Activities** **Part One: Forces and Motion** ||
 * **Introduction to Forces and Motion:** What are some words to describe how you move when you are on amusement park rides? What is the ride doing? What is happening to your body? How does it make you feel? || [|The Forces that Move Us] ||
 * **Max Axiom: Super Scientist:** Read Chapter One in Max Axiom: Super Scientist. As you read, tell students to raise their hand when you hear a forces and motion word. Stop and record the words on the chart as the students write them down on their note taking. ||  ||
 * **Forces and Motion 3/4 Book Foldables:** Students make eight 3/4 book Foldables and label them with the following: concepts. force, push, pull, gravity, inertia, friction, acceleration ||  ||
 * **Forces and Motion Concepts:** As students learn about each concept through hands-on experiments, online interactive games/activities, and movies, they will fill in the inside of each word on the Foldable with a definition, a sentence that shows they understand the word, a picture, and real-life example(s). ||  ||
 * **Push/Pull Scavenger Hunt and Classify Using a Venn Diagram** ||  ||
 * **Gravity: Domino Drop or Egg Drop** ||  ||
 * **Friction: Air Glider Experiment and Car Down a Ramp Using Different Surfaces Experiment** ||  ||
 * **Performance Assessment: Junk Box War Experiment**s: Choose from Junk Box War Experiments to assess knowledge of concepts/terms. ||  ||
 * **Part Two: Simple Machines** ||  ||
 * **Introduce the Team Challenge:** You will be designing a castle (or an arcade game). Your castle (or arcade game) will need to include 6 simple machines. We will be learning about the simple machines and taking notes. ||  ||
 * **Part Two: Simple Machines** ||  ||
 * **Introduce the Team Challenge:** You will be designing a castle (or an arcade game). Your castle (or arcade game) will need to include 6 simple machines. We will be learning about the simple machines and taking notes. ||  ||
 * **Introduce the Team Challenge:** You will be designing a castle (or an arcade game). Your castle (or arcade game) will need to include 6 simple machines. We will be learning about the simple machines and taking notes. ||  ||