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WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
Educator: Brittany M. Johnson
Date: 10/10/2014
Target Age Group/ Grade: 6th
Length of Lesson: 40 minutes
Focus of Lesson: Todays lesson focuses on the potential and kinetic energy in connection to an
exploration of the dance element, energy.
Materials: Promethean board, PowerPoint Presentation, stereo, Behind Barres Music For
Modern Dance CD
Resources: National/ SC State Dance Standards,
http://www.artsconnected.org/collection/158105/the-elements-of-dance?print=true#(1),
http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Instructional-Practices-andEvaluations/documents/2014Grade6_SupportDoc.pdf
Vocabulary:
Introduced Vocabulary
Law of Conservation- energy is not created, nor destroyed, it is only transferred to various forms
Potential Energy- the potential to move; stored energy
Kinetic Energy- an object in motion, released energy
Weight- heavy & light
Flow- free, bound, off-balance, & balance
Strength- loose & tight
Reviewed Vocabulary
Energy- how a movement is performed
Attack- sharp & smooth
Lesson Objective
Instructional
Procedures
f. Bookshelf falls over Tip toe, tip toe, then fall off
balance KINETIC ENERGY
g. Marbles in a jar Everyone crowd in together in one
spot POTENTIAL ENERGY
h. Marbles falling to the floor Everyone rolls to the
floor KINETIC ENERGY
i. Holding a bowling ball Sumo wrestler stomps
forward POTENTIAL ENERGY
j. Dropping a bowling ball Arms float up and body
floats through space KINETIC ENERGY
* I will occasionally change the other of the movement to challenges
students more.
3. We return back to the promethean board to have a brief
discussion about energy in dance.
4. Students will discover how the various energies were used in
our movement activity. Each movement has a certain energy.
a. Attack
i. Smooth: A stretched rubber band- roll
through the spine into backwards stretch
ii. Sharp: Released rubber band fly/ spring
forward
b. Flow
i. Bound: Water behind a dam swaying with
arms crossed over chest
ii. Free: Water running over runs through the
room
iii. Balance: Bookshelf standing upright Tip
toe throughout the room with arms in second
iv. Off- balance: Bookshelf falls over Tip toe,
tip toe, fall off balance
c. Strength
i. Tight: Marbles in a jar Everyone crowd
together in one spot
ii. Loose: Marbles falling to the ground
Everyone roll to the ground
d. Weight
i. Heavy: Holding a bowling ball Sumo
wrestler stomps forward
ii. Light: Dropping a bowling ball Arms float
up and body floats through space
Assessment of Each
Objective