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LESSONCONTENT
LessonPlanTemplate:GeneralLessonPlan
LearningObjectives:Whatshouldstudentsknowandbeabletodoasaresultofthislesson?
Studentswillbeableto:
1.plottimeanddistancedataonagraph.
2.interprettherelationshipbetweenthepointontimeintervalrelativetothepointonthedistanceinterval.
3.calculatetheaveragespeedofanobjectandcalculatetimeordistance,usingaversionoftheformulaspeed=
distance/timedistance=speedxtimetime=distance/speed.
4.relatetheshape(horizontalline,diagonalline,downwardslopingline)ofadistancetimegraphtothemotionofan
object.
PriorKnowledge:Whatpriorknowledgeshouldstudentshaveforthislesson?
Studentsshouldbeabletodefinemotion.
Studentsshouldbeabletoidentifyexamplesofmotion.
Studentshouldhaveanunderstandingofusingmetersinthemetricunit.

GuidingQuestions:Whataretheguidingquestionsforthislesson?
Howcanthemotionofanobjectbegraphedtodemonstrateachangeinmotionovertime?
Whatdodistanceandtimedatapointsindicateaboutanobject'smotion?
Howisaveragespeedcalculated?
Explainthedifferencebetweenconstantspeed,averagespeed,andinstantaneousspeed.
TeachingPhase:Howwilltheteacherpresenttheconceptorskilltostudents?
BeginbyshowingtheclasstheBBCBitesizegraphdemonstration"DistancetimegraphsHighertier."
1.Eachstudentwillbegivenasheetofgraphpaperwiththreeminigraphsonit.HavestudentslabelgraphsasGraph1,Graph2,
andGraph3.
2.Theteacherwillexplainthattheverticaloryaxis(leftsideofthegraph)representsdistancetravelled.Thehigherupthegraph
fromthestartingpoint,thefurthertheobjecthasmoved.Studentswillbeaskedtolabeltheaxisfromthezeropointusing
intervalsof10meters(m).
3.Theteacherwillexplainthatthehorizontalorxaxis(bottomofthegraph)representtimeelapsed.Thefurthertotherighton
theaxis,thelongerthetimehaselapsedfromthestartingpoint.Studentswillbeaskedtolabeltheaxisfromzeropointusing
intervalsof5seconds(s).

4.Studentswillbegivendatatoplotoneachgraph.Asstudentscompletethegraph,theyareencouragedtocompareanddiscuss
theiranswerswithashoulderbuddy.SeetheGuidedPracticesectionforsampledata.
5.Theteacherwillcirculatetheclassroomaseachgraphwithcorrespondingcalculationsisbeingcompletedbythestudents.

GuidedPractice:Whatactivitiesorexerciseswillthestudentscompletewithteacherguidance?
1.StudentswillbegiventhefollowingdatatoplotonGraph1:
a.0m,0s10m,5s20m,10s30m,15s40m,20s50m,25s
b.Studentswillplotthedatapointsandconnectthepointsonthegraph.

2.Studentswillbegiventhespeedformula(s=d/t)anditsvariations.

3.Studentswillbeaskedtocalculatethedistanceforeachsetofdatapointslistedabove.

4.Studentsshouldrecognizethatthespeedisconstantat2m/sregardlessofhowlongorfartheobjecttravelled.Timeis
increasingtotheright,anddistanceisincreasingconstantlywithtime.Studentsshouldrecognizetheobjectmovesata
constantspeed.

5.StudentswillplotthefollowingdataonGraph2.
a.30m,0s30m,5s30m,10s30m,15s30m,20s30m,25s
b.Studentswillplotthedatapointsandconnectthepointsonthegraph.

6.Studentswillbeaskedtocalculatethespeedforeachsetofdatapoints.

7.Discusswithstudentsthatahorizontallineonapositiontimegraphrepresentanobjectthathasnotmovedfromacurrent
positioniscalledstationary.Studentshouldrecognizethatalthoughtimeisincreasingtotheright,theobject'sdistance
hasnotchanged.Itisnotmovinganditisconsideredtobe"atrest."

8.StudentswillplotthefollowingdataonGraph3.
a.50m,0s40m,5s30m,10s20m,15s10m,20s0m,25s

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b.Studentswillplotthedatapointsandconnectthepointsonthegraph

9.Studentswillbeaskedtocalculatethespeedforeachsetofdatapoints

10.Discusswithstudentsthataccordingtothecalculations,theobjectshouldbeslowingdown.

11.Reviewconstantspeedv.averagespeeddefinitionswithstudents.
IndependentPractice:Whatactivitiesorexerciseswillstudentscompletetoreinforcetheconcepts
andskillsdevelopedinthelesson?
Studentswillworkindependentlytocompletethesummativeassessment.

1.Studentswillbegivenseveraldistancetimegraphstointerpret,seeattachment.
Studentswillusethegraphstoanswerthefollowing:
a.Whichgraphrepresentsanobjectmovingatconstantspeed?
b.Whichgraphrepresentsastationaryobject?
c.Whichgraphrepresentanobjectwithmotionthatisgettingslower?
2.Studentswillbegiventhreedifferentscenariosandaskedtocomputespeed,distance,andtimeusingthefollowing
formulae:
s=d/t
d=st
t=d/s
Closure:Howwilltheteacherassiststudentsinorganizingtheknowledgegainedinthelesson?
Studentswillbegiventheformativeassessmentagain.Studentswillwritetheiranswersonawhiteboard.Whencorrectansweris
given,studentwillcheckandcorrecttheirwork.Studentsshouldbeabletoindependentlydrawagraphtorepresentthetypeof
motiondiscussedinthelesson.Studentshouldalsobeabletoanswervariousquestionsrelatedtosteepnessoftheslopeandthe
speedofmotion.

SummativeAssessment
AdministertheattachedSummativeAssessment.Thiswillbegradedtodetermineifstudentshavemasteredthelearning
objectives.

FormativeAssessment
1.Formativeassessmentcanbecopied(seeattachment)foreachstudent.Thestudentscancutandpastethecorrectanswers
ortheycanuseitasaguideandlabelthecorrectaxisasquestionsarebeingprojectedontheboard.
2.Studentswillanswereachquestionfirstandthentheteacherwillfollowupwiththecorrectanswer.
3.Studentswillusethisasaworkingexampleforothergraphingactivitiesinthelesson
4.Multiplecopiesofthegraphneedtobemadeforadditionalactivitiesinthislesson.
FeedbacktoStudents
Theteacherwillprovidefeedbacktothestudentsthroughoutthelessonbyaskingprobingquestionstoguidestudentsin
understandingtheconceptsofthelesson.Thequestionstobeusedforprobingare:
Whatdoesahorizontallineonadistancetimegraphrepresent?
Whatdoesthelineontheyaxisrepresent?
Whatdoesthelineonthexaxisrepresent?

ACCOMMODATIONS&RECOMMENDATIONS

Accommodations:
Provideflashcardsforvocabularyterms.
Provideastudyguideworksheettohelpthestudentfollowtheguidedpractice.
Aftereachsegmentoflesson,havestudentsorallyrepeatandteachashoulderbuddythemainconcepts.
Allowextratimeforstudentstocompletework.
Readthequestionsaloudandaskstudentstorepeattheexpectations.

Extensions:
Forhomework,studentswillbegivenadditionalmathproblemstocalculatespeed,time,anddistance.

SuggestedTechnology:ComputerforPresenter,InternetConnection,InteractiveWhiteboard

SpecialMaterialsNeeded:
Sciencenotebooks
Formativeassessment
Summativeassessment

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FurtherRecommendations:
Irecommendstudentsworkwithashoulderbuddyduringthecompletionoftheguidedpractice.

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