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Title of Unit
Gr 1/2
Grade
Gravity)
Level
Science
Subject
Time
lessons)
Frame
Kim Welfing
Developed By
Cross-curricular Competencies:
Gr1:
Understandings:
-
Essential Questions:
They will understand how they use force and motion every
day.
They will understand how if there was no friction, we would
not be able to move as we do.
That gravity literally keeps us grounded! This is why when
we jump up we go back down.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is movement?
Why is it important that things move?
How can I use movement responsibly? To build things?
How does our environment effect our movement? How and
why?
Journal entries
Worksheets
Participation and engagement
Project progression: are they discovering anything or
giving up when something doesnt work?
Assessment Tool:
Checklist
Science Journals
observations
centers
- Is able to answer what force is and what
motion in
- Is able to answer why friction is important
- Is able to answer/show the effect of
gravity and how it influences objects
movement
Possible Ways to
Differentiate
- Partners (student who
can read partnered with
one that cant)
- Have someone help cut
and glue
- Have help blowing up
balloons
Might include: engagement, motivation, organization, language ability, exceptionalities, reading level, etc.
- Language ability
- Reading level
- Motivation
- Organization
Learning environment:
Outside
1. Field
2. playground
Sequence of Lessons: The basics of what you plan to do in each lesson of the unit.
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1
Lesson
Title
Intro
2
experiment
Read Motion
- Balloon across the room experiment
- Questions in their science journal about what happened
and why
- Go over force and how the sudden force of all the air
leaving the balloon pushed the balloon forward across the
Assessmen
t
Participati
on
Science
journal
completion
Resourc
es
MSB
Netflix
Sheets
to make
the
science
book
construc
tion
paper
cover
book
Balloons
Straws
string
3
Push/pull
Cars motion
room
Read forces make things move book
Go over the difference of push and pull
Discussion about what things we push and what we pull.
What makes it harder to push/pull something? What makes it
easier?
Push or pull worksheet
Make cars with wheels of some sort
- Have them race them on grass, cement and gravel. Have
to tell me which surface they travelled better on
- Write it in their journal with a picture of their car
- Let them decide how they are going to make their car.
Brainstorm one day and make another so there is time to
gather materials. Either individually or in pairs
5
Exploration
-
worksheet
Book
workshe
et
Participati
on
Science
journal
Toilet
paper
rolls,
Kleenex
boxes,
pop
cans/bot
tles,
straws,
cardboa
rd
circles
String
Straws
Popsicle
sticks
Push/pul
l sort
Road
trip
game
board
and
pieces
Marbles
Journals,
creations,
participati
on
6
Exploration
Centers
(same ones as before they have to pick a different ones
than last time)
7 Marshmallo
w shooters
Scavenger
hunt
game
Journals,
creations,
participati
on
Observatio
ns
Journal
Their
findings on
the
playground
,
observatio
ns
Coins
Yo yo
Playdou
gh
Balloons
with
question
s/activit
es
Same as
above
Balloons
Paper
cups
marshm
allow
Find it
workshe
et