The lesson plan is for a 5th grade physics lesson on Newton's Second Law of Motion. The 25-minute lesson will use examples like baseball to help students understand the relationships between an object's mass, the force applied to it, and its acceleration. Students will predict and determine acceleration given mass and force. To assess understanding, students will create a presentation explaining Newton's Second Law of Motion using examples from everyday life.
The lesson plan is for a 5th grade physics lesson on Newton's Second Law of Motion. The 25-minute lesson will use examples like baseball to help students understand the relationships between an object's mass, the force applied to it, and its acceleration. Students will predict and determine acceleration given mass and force. To assess understanding, students will create a presentation explaining Newton's Second Law of Motion using examples from everyday life.
The lesson plan is for a 5th grade physics lesson on Newton's Second Law of Motion. The 25-minute lesson will use examples like baseball to help students understand the relationships between an object's mass, the force applied to it, and its acceleration. Students will predict and determine acceleration given mass and force. To assess understanding, students will create a presentation explaining Newton's Second Law of Motion using examples from everyday life.
The lesson plan is for a 5th grade physics lesson on Newton's Second Law of Motion. The 25-minute lesson will use examples like baseball to help students understand the relationships between an object's mass, the force applied to it, and its acceleration. Students will predict and determine acceleration given mass and force. To assess understanding, students will create a presentation explaining Newton's Second Law of Motion using examples from everyday life.
Lesson Topic: Physics Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion Grade level: 5th grade Length of lesson: Lesson 25 min assessment 2 sessions of 15 to 20 min each
Curricular Context / Overview:
Stage 1 – Desired Results
Goals/Content Standard(s): Kansas State Department of Education National Council of Teachers of (KSDE) Standards: Mathematics (NCTM) Expectations: ● Standard 2: Physical Science ● Investigate how change in one Grades 5-7: The student will variable relates to change in a apply process skills to develop second variable. an understanding of physical science including: properties, changes of properties of matter, motion and forces, and transfer of energy. Benchmark 3: The student will investigate motion and forces. Indicator 3: The student recognizes and describes examples of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Understanding (s)/goals Essential Question(s): Forces are always present and working. Topical Enduring Questions: Natural forces provide a standard by - What can we discover about the which we operate. relationship between forces? -How would eliminating one variable change the outcome? Overarching Enduring Questions: -What other outside forces affect us? -How much of how we operate is defined by forces we can’t control? Students will know… Students will be able to… Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion, Direct vs. The Learner will predict and determine Indirect Relationships, Definition: Force, the acceleration of an object when given Mass, Acceleration the variables of mass and force. Observing, Comparing, Inferring, Predicting, Communicating, Develop Hypothesis, Evaluate and Interpret Results Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence Performance Task(s): (Grasps) Other Evidence: G- Create a exhibit that shows Discuss inverse to direct relationship understanding of 2nd law of motion between the 3 variables in the equation. R- Museum curator A- Museum Goers, and classmates S- Create a present a potential exhibit that explains the 2nd law of motion P-3 fold presentation poster, pp, presi, goggle presentation, or explaining exhibit and 3-5 min presentation to the class S-Students will be graded on their ability to show their understanding of the 2nd law. Their board must be neat and show attention to detail. Collaboration and the ability to work with others will help the students succeed in this project. Discuss question on student activity sheet as a class. Have students think of other examples that demonstrate Newton’s Second Law of Motion.
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities: (WHERETO or Introduce and explain Baseball Gagne) Examples. Select a student volunteer to read ● Example 1: A pitcher pitches Newton’s Second Law of Motion: F=ma. a baseball and the batter Define all three words in the definition. takes a large swing. As the ● Force: Any push or pull that bat hits the ball squarely, will gives energy to an object, the ball (mass) have a large sometimes causing a change in or small acceleration? the motion of the object. ● Example 2: A pitcher pitches ● Mass: The amount of matter in a baseball and the batter an object. bunts the ball. When the bat ● Acceleration: The rate of hits the ball, will the ball have change of the velocity of a a large or small acceleration? moving body. ● Example 3: Imagine the Select another student volunteer to read pitcher pitches a bowling ball the definition of Newton’s Second Law of instead of a baseball. The Motion. batter takes a large swing ● The acceleration of an object hitting the ball squarely. Will increases, as the amount of the bowling ball have a large force causing the acceleration or small acceleration? increases, when mass is Share other examples that constant. demonstrate F=ma Discuss definition ● It’s easier to push an empty shopping cart than a full one. ● A train requires more force to stop than a small car moving at the same speed.