Details
| Type of Product: |
Journal Article |
| Publication Title: |
Science Scope |
| Publication Date: |
5/1/2001 |
| Pages: |
5 |
| Grade Level: |
Middle School |
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Description
Whoever heard of middle school students playing basketball and holding long jump competitions during a unit on Newton’s Laws of Motion? During the Isaac Newton Olympics, students move through seven stations. At each station, students complete a hands-on activity that explores at least one motion concept. After each activity, students complete a short evaluation that reinforces what they have learned and how it relates to everyday life.
Ideas For Use
Using hands-on, discovery learning not only promotes critical-thinking skills—such as synthesizing, analyzing, predicting, discovering, and evaluating—but also develops affective, social, and psychomotor skills. Plus, adding some fun and excitement to the classroom is a bonus to any lesson! Imagine your students’ reactions when they see a basketball hoop hanging from the door, and you tell them that they will use it in class!
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Acceleration
Inertia
Momentum
Newton’s laws of motion
Speed
Analyzing data
Experimenting
Interpreting data
Measuring
Predicting
Scientific habits of mind
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| Intended User Role: | Curriculum Supervisor, Middle-Level Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Technical
| Resource Format: | application/pdf |
| Size: | 309 KB |
| Requirements: | Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 14 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Physical Science
- Position and motion of objects
- The size of the change of position and motion is related to the strength of the push or pull.
- Motion and Forces
- The magnitude of the change in motion can be calculated using the relationship F = ma, which is independent of the nature of the force. (9-12)
- Unbalanced forces will cause changes in the speed or direction of an object's motion. (Acceleration)
- The motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed.
- Motion can be measured and represented on a graph.
- An object that is not being subjected to a force will continue to move at a constant speed and in a straight line. (inertia)
- Science as Inquiry
- Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
- Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
- Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
- Teaching Standards
- Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students.
- Select science content and adapt and design curricula to meet the interests, knowledge, understanding, abilities, and experiences of students.
- Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners.
- Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
- Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
- Teachers provide students with the time, space, and resources needed to learn science.
- Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
State Standards Correlation
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