AUGUSTA COUNTY SCHOOLS

CURRICULUM MAP

Submitted by Churchville Elementary School 2013

CONTENT: 4.2 The student will investigate and understand characteristics and interaction of moving objects.
TOPIC: Strand: Force, Motion, and Energy
CONTENT
What do your students need to KNOW? / DEMONSTRATORS
What do your students need to be able to DO? / ASSESSMENT
How will you assess what your students ALREADY KNOW, and assess WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED? / ACTIVITIES
HOW will you teach it?
All students will know:
  • Motion is described by an object’s direction and speed.
  • Changes in motion are related to force and mass.
  • Friction is the force that opposes motion.
  • Moving objects have kinetic energy.
/ Students will:
  • Describe the position of an object.
  • Collect and display in a table and line graph time and position data for a moving object.
  • Explain that speed is a measure of motion.
  • Interpret data to determine if the speed of an object is increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same.
  • Identify the forces that cause an object’s motion: up, down, forward, backward
  • Infer that objects have kinetic energy.
  • Design an investigation to test the following hypothesis: “If the mass of an object increases, then the force needed to move it will increase.”
  • Design an investigation to determine the effect of friction on moving objects.
/ Assessments:
  • Discussion/Classroom Conversation
  • K-W-L Chart on Terms: Position, Motion, Speed, Force, Friction, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Matter, Mass, Line Graph, Bar Graph
  • Ongoing Discussions
  • Experiment Analysis
  • Teacher Observation
  • Vocabulary Quiz
(Included)
  • End of the Unit Test (SOL 4.2 M.C. Test available through Flanagan)
/ Activities:
  • Science Textbook
  • MIND notes/Interactive Notebook
  • Tracking Our Steps around (your school) Uses positional words, timer, school map, fixed location, display data on a table (Included)
  • Rice and Pencil Experiment- Friction
  • Race Car Experiment with various landing surfaces- tile floor, carpet, bubble wrap, sand paper, freezer paper, etc… (Included)
  • Groups create their own experiment when provided various supplies (ramp, books, timer, meter stick, race car, etc… and a scientific method outline) (Included)
  • Classroom discussions/demonstrations with objects of different mass- large, but empty box, beach ball, bowling ball, etc…
resources/elementary/4science.htm#2
site provides wonderful resources/technology experiences related to SOL 4.2
gamesactivities/friction.html
site provides a virtual lab for testing a race car on various surfaces while observing the impact of friction
parkphysics/index.html
site provides experiences with physics as applied to amusement park rides
  • Relevant video clips

DIFFERENTIATION
How will you meet the needs of all students? / RESOURCES / TEACHER NOTES:
  • Group Work (given prior knowledge of students’ strengths/weaknesses
  • Visual/Auditory/Kinesthetic activities/instruction
  • Prepared Notes as needed
  • Visual/Verbal Reminders
  • Final Assessment via Classroom Performance System (read aloud)
/
  • Augusta County website: MIND notes
  • Rockingham County website: other useful resources
  • Other applicable websites
  • CPS (if using)
  • All materials as needed for experiments