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1. Unit Introduction
VINCK 1
3. Lesson Overview
*All lessons will follow an eighty-minute time period
Monday
4 Intro to
Miss Vinck/
Intro to
Unit
Tuesday
5 What is
Air/Air is
Everywher
e
Activities:
SLO: Provide
th-
th-
Wednesday
6thAir Takes
Up Space
SLO: Provide
evidence that
Thursday
7thAir Has
Mass
SLO: Provide
evidence that
Friday
8thProperties
of Air &
Review
SLO: Provide
VINCK 3
1.
I
nto to Miss
Vinck
2.
M
ystery Bag
Activity
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Inquiry
Questions:
Inquiry
Inquiry
D Questions:
Questions:
W
oes air
D
takes up
hat
is
air?
oes air
W
space?
W
have
D
hat
is
air
mass?
oes air
made of?
H
H
exert
H
ow is wind
pressure?
ow can we
created?
prove air
exists?
Activities:
Activities:
W Air Takes Up
W
Air Has Mass:
hat
is
air
Space: Run a
Tie two equally
used for?
garbage bag
filled balloons
D
through the air on the end of a
oes
air
Activities:
Explain to
stick balance
takes up
1.
C students that
them pop
space?
andle
it fills with air.
one balloon
D
Snuffer
the filled
oes
air
Experiment
Air Takes Up
balloon will fall
exert
2.
F Space: Put a
because air
pressure?
unnel
cup upside
has mass.
C
Demonstrati down in water
an
air
be
on
The cup does http://www.edu
compressed
Experiment
not fill up with
media?
water because
sciences.com/e
Focus on
air is taking up n/media/436Activities:
different
space.
air-pump
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properties of
utube.com/wat
air:
ch?
A
v=_CXd2h5O8
ir occupies
OU
space
A
ir has mass
A
ir exerts
pressure
A
ir can be
compressed
Inquiry
Questions:
hat is air?
hat is air
made of?
ow can we
prove air
exists?
hat is air
used for?
11th-
12th-
13th
14th-
15thVINCK 4
How
Temperatu
re Affects
Air
Molecules
SLO: Provide
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Scientific
Method
Project
Scientific
Method
Project
SLO: Provide
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
SLO: Provide
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Inquiry
Questions:
E
Inquiry
ach
group
Questions:
will have
W
their own
hat is air
inquiry
pressure?
questions
W
depending
hat would
on their
happen if
designated
there was
experiment
no air
pressure?
H Activities:
Students will
ow do
be introduced
people use
to the
air
Scientific
pressure?
Method
Project.
Air pressure
Students will
increases the
conduct their
closer you are
experiment
to sea level
and begin their
Investigation
Air pressure
Record
decreases as
worksheet.
you go up a
mountain
Inquiry
Questions:
E
ach group
will have
their own
inquiry
questions
depending
on their
designated
experiment
Activities:
Students will
submit their
lab reports to
Google
Classroom.
Students will
prepare for
their upcoming
presentations.
Scientific
Method
Project
Presentati
ons
SLO: Provide
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Inquiry
Questions:
Each group
will have
their own
inquiry
questions
depending
on their
designated
experimen
t
Activities:
Students will
present their
Scientific
Method
Project.
Activities:
Bill Nye Video
18thCompresse
19thCompresse
20thAerodynam
21st
Bernoullis
Scientific
Method
Project
Presentati
ons &
Review
SLO: Provide
evidence that
air takes up
space and
exerts
pressure, and
identify
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Inquiry
Questions:
E
ach group
will have
their own
inquiry
questions
depending
on their
designated
experiment
Activities:
Students will
present their
Scientific
Method
Project.
Students will
review all
material
discussed in
class and cocreate a test
with a partner
Groups will be
asked to join
and test each
other
22ndGravity &
VINCK 5
d
Air/Creatin
g Bottle
Rockets
SLO:
Provide
evidence that
air is a fluid
and is capable
of being
compressed,
and identify
different
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat is
aerodynami
cs
H
ow does a
rocket
work?
H
ow does air
move?
W
hat is
compressed
air?
Activities:
Quiz
Examples of
compressed air
Creating Bottle
Rockets
Shooting Off
Bottle Rockets
d
ics/
Air/Shootin Bernoullis
g Off
Principle
Bottle
SLO:
Rockets
SLO:
Provide
evidence that
air is a fluid
and is capable
of being
compressed,
and identify
different
examples of
these
properties in
everyday
application
Describe and
demonstrate
instances in
which air
movement
across a
surface results
in liftBernoulli's
principle
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat is
Bernoullis
principle?
Inquiry
H
Questions:
ow
does
W
Bernoullis
hat is
principle
aerodynami
work?
cs
H
ow
does
ow does a
blowing air
rocket work?
relate to
H
Bernoullis
ow does air
Principle?
move?
W
hat is
Activities:
streamlinin
Quiz
g
Examples of
compressed air
Creating Bottle Activities:
The faster air
Rockets
moves, the
Shooting Off
more its
Bottle Rockets
pressure drops.
Therefore, an
airplane's wing
has a lowpressure area
directly over
their upper
surfaces. This
causes the
higher air
pressure
underneath
Principle/
Airfoils
Review
SLO:
Recognize that
in order for
devices or
living things to
fly, they must
have sufficient
lift to
overcome the
downward
force of
gravity.
Recognize that
streamlining
Inquiry
reduces drag,
Questions:
H drag of a
model aircraft
ow does
or aircraft
Bernoullis
components.
principle
work?
H Inquiry
Questions:
ow does
W
blowing air
hat
is
relate to
gravity?
Bernoullis
W
Principle?
hat
does
W
gravity do?
hat is lift?
W
hat is an
Activities:
airfoil?
Air pressure is
present on the
earth's
Activities:
surface. The
Aerofoils in
air is held to
action online
the earth by
simulation
the force of
gravity. The
farther you are
from the
earth's
surface, the
less air
pressure there
is because
there is less
gravity. In
outer space,
SLO:
Describe and
demonstrate
instances in
which air
movement
across a
surface results
in liftBernoulli's
principle
VINCK 6
each wing to
push the plane
into the air.
This rising of
the airplane
due to
Bernoulli's
Principle is
known as
induced lift.
there is no
gravity and so
there is no air
pressure.
Gravity is what
holds the air
pressure
together.
Lift > Gravity
= Plane will go
up
Experiencing
Bernoullis
Principle
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25th
No School
Cold Day
26th
Lift
SLO:
Describe and
demonstrate
instances in
which air
movement
across a
surface
results in lift Bernoulli's
principle.
Recognize
that in order
for devices
or living
things to fly,
they must
have
sufficient lift
to overcome
the
downward
force of
gravity.
27th
Drag
SLO:
Recognize that
streamlining
reduces drag,
and predict the
effects of
specific design
changes on the
drag of a
model aircraft
or aircraft
components.
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat is drag?
W
hat does
drag do?
H
ow does
drag affect
flight?
W
hat is
28th
Field Trip
to Anima
29th
Thrust &
Review
SLO:
Describe the
means of
propulsion for
flying animals
and for
aircraft.
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat is
thrust?
W
hat is
propulsion?
H
ow does
thrust
effect
flight?
Activities:
Visualization
Through the
VINCK 7
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat is lift?
W
hat does
lift do?
H
ow does
lift effect
flight?
resistance?
W
hat is
friction?
Years:
https://www.yo
utube.com/wat
ch?v=GMg536L4PU
Activities:
Demonstration
highlighting
drag on
different
shapes of play
dough.
Activities:
Lift > Gravity
= Plane will go
up
Gravity > Lift
= Plane will go
down
1st
Inquiry
Project
Adaptation
s for Birds
and
Insects to
Fly
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
2n
Inquiry
Project
Adaptation
s for Birds
and
Insects to
Fly
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
3rd
Inquiry
Project
Adaptation
s for Birds
and
Insects to
Fly
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
Inquiry
Inquiry
Inquiry
Questions:
Questions:
Questions:
W
hat
hat
hat
adaptations
adaptation
adaptations
are
s are
are
required for
required
required for
flight?
for flight?
flight?
H
ow can you
ow can you
ow can you
make a
make a
make a
non-flying
non-flying
non-flying
animal fly?
animal fly?
animal fly?
Activities:
Activities:
Activities:
4th
Chinese
New Year
Celebratio
n
5th
Inquiry
Project
Adaptation
s for Birds
and Insects
to Fly
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
Inquiry
Questions:
W
hat
adaptations
are
required for
flight?
H
ow can you
make a
non-flying
animal fly?
Activities:
Finish
VINCK 8
Into to
assignment
Determine
groups
Animal sign-up
Initial research
Research
Research
Begin creating
presentations
presentations
Ensure
Birds
H
ollow bones
P
rimary and
secondary
feathers
S
trong
pectoral
muscles to
flap wings
W
ings shaped
like an
airfoil
A
erodynamic
shape
Insects
L
ightweight
and small
M
ay have
one or two
sets of
wings
H
ave strong
pectoral
muscles
that allow
them to
move wings
W
ings shaped
like an
airfoil
A
erodynamic
shape
W
ings are
very thin
with a
network of
VINCK 9
veins:
I
dentify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to
fly.
15th
16th -
17th -
Review
Inquiry
Inquiry
Test &
Project
Project
Inquiry
Adaptation Adaptation
Project
s for Birds
s for Birds
Adaptation and Insects and Insects
s for Birds
to Fly
to Fly
and Insects Presentati
Presentati
to Fly
ons
ons
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
SLO:
Identify
adaptations
that enable
birds and
insects to fly.
W
hat
hat
hat
adaptations
adaptations
adaptations
are
are
are required
required for
required for
for flight?
flight?
flight?
H
ow can you
ow can you
ow can you
make a
make a
make a
non-flying
non-flying
non-flying
animal fly?
animal fly?
animal fly?
Activities:
Activities:
Activities:
Review bird
Students will
Students will
and insect
present their
adaptations
present their
findings
findings
Unit Vocabulary:
VINCK 10
VINCK 11
VINCK 14