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Content Area: Physics

Writing Standard:
W.11-12.3
Write narratives to
develop real or
imagined experiences
or events using
effective technique,
well-chosen details,
and well-structured
event sequences.

Grade Level: 11

What do students need to

know?

How to differentiate
between different ideas
(Newtons Laws)

What do students need to be able to do?

Describe motion

Explain the relationship between motion

and force

How to sequence events

Lesson Objective:
What is motion?

Lesson Outline and Task for the students:

I will have the students close their eyes and imagine a world without moving things. I will have them
open their eyes. I will ask them what it would look like. Would it be possible? I will describe how
everything in the room, the planet, the galaxy is in motion.

Group Instruction - On the Smart Board, I will have three columns. The first column will be What we
already know about motion. The second column will be, What we wonder about motion. The third
column will be, How we can find out about motion.

We will brainstorm as a class, and I will call on students to write their answers on the board.

I will show a slide show discussing Newtons Laws of motion. After the video, we will briefly discuss
the three laws of motion and write them up on the Smart Board.

The students will be split up into different groups to put together a forces and motion book and read it
in their group. The book will consist of the students definition of motion and force, what happens
when force is applied to an object and how is motion described.

In the groups, the students will highlight academic vocabulary words in green, and unknown words in
orange. This will be the basis for the students word bank for this unit
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After the groups meet, we will come back together as a class and publish our data on the Smart Board.

Summative Assessment (how will you know if students hit the objective at the level of the standard?):
Students will be given a worksheet (attached). This worksheet is a multiple-choice activity designed to
evaluate the students knowledge of Newtons Laws of motion.
Cognitive Rigor Matrix Level:
Based on the cognitive rigor matrix this lesson falls within DOK level 1. Students are asked to recall and
reproduce definitions and give basic concept facts.
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines:
This lesson includes UDL Principles 3.1 activate or supply background knowledge because we start our class
by recalling what we know about motion. UDL Principle 8.3 (foster collaboration and community) is also
utilized in the form of group work
Text Complexity:
The layout of the text used is very simple. This lesson is the beginning of a new unit and it is intended not to
overwhelm students with high-level concepts. With that being said, there is a complex element to this text
because of the use of academic vocabulary.

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SIR ISAAC NEWTON

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), a British scientist,

described the relationship between motion and
force in three laws that we now call Newtons
laws of motion.

NEWTONS FIRST LAW

Newtons First Law
An object at rest will remain at rest and an object
in motion maintains its velocity unless it
experiences a net force.
Objects change their state of motion only
when a net force is applied.

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INERTIA

Inertia is the tendency of an object at rest to

remain at rest or, if moving, to continue moving
at a constant velocity.

INERTIA

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NEWTONS SECOND LAW

Newtons frst law describes what happens when

no net force is acting on an object: the object
remains at rest or moving at a constant velocity.
What happens when the net force is not zero?

Newtons Second Law

The unbalanced force acting on an object equals the
objects mass times its acceleration
=
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Force is measured in newton (N)

Action and Reaction Forces

NewtonsThird Law
For every action force, there is an equal and
opposite reaction force.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mn34mnnDnKU

When one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts
a force equal in size and opposite in direction on the frst object.

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Action and Reaction Forces

When you exert a force on a box, it is

called an action force.

The box exerts a force back on you called
a reaction force.
This is the law of action and reaction.

Action and Reaction Pairs