Science Grade 8

Core Content Coaching

Purpose

To provide support for grade-level, unit content planning for the Force & Motion and Speed, Velocity & Acceleration Unit

Resources for planning

• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)

• CRM 3: Force & Motion

• Blank Pacing Calendar

• 8th Grade 2nd Six Weeks Lessons: Force & Motion Pacing Guides, Force & Motion Daily Lesson Pages

• Computer with Internet Access

Teacher yearly resource document

These two units have been combined to make better use of the new textbook resources.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Oct. 6

Chemical Reactions

7 8 9 10

Oct. 13

Student Holiday

14

Chemical Formulas

15 16 17

Oct. 20

Chemical Formulas

21 22

Force & Motion

23 24

Oct. 27

Force & Motion

28 29 30 31

Nov. 3

Force & Motion

4 5 6 7

2nd Six Weeks Planner (24 days)

8.1A-B, 8.2A, C-E, 8.3A, 8.4A-B 8.6: Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that there is a relationship between force, motion, and energy. The student is expected to:

8.6A demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object’s motion

8.6B differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration

TEKS & Student expectations

Content TEKS Skills TEKS

CRM 3: TEKS & Acquisition section

Teacher Content support

The Physics Classroom: Vectors- Motion & Forces in Two Dimensions

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors

Physics for Kids: Motion

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_intro.html

Math & Science Activity Center: What is Acceleration?

http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/acceleration.htm

NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/

Search Resources & Opportunities: force, motion

ScienceFusion Grade 8 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 212-213

Vertical alignment

6TH GRADE

•6.8A identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by unbalanced forces

•6.8C calculate average speed using distance and time measurements

•6.8D measure and graph changes in motion

8TH GRADE

8.6A demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object’s motion

8.6B differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration

Physics

•calculate the effect of forces on objects, including the law of inertia, the relationship between force and acceleration, and the nature of force pairs between objects

•develop and interpret free-body force diagrams.

•describe and analyze motion in one dimension using equations with the concepts of distance, displacement, speed, average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration.

• A force is a push or a pull.

• An unbalanced force occurs when one force on an object is greater than other forces on the same object.

• Unbalanced forces can cause an object to speed up or slow down, change direction, and/or change position.

• Average speed is calculated by dividing the total distance traveled (distance) by the travel time (time).

PRIOR LEARNING

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.6A

Answer: 1740

Correct: 59%Incorrect: 40%

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.6A

7%

12%

64%

17%

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.6A

7%

2%

86%

4%

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.6B

F: 11%G: 58%H: 5%J: 25%

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

• Students should be able to calculate force, mass, and acceleration using the net force formula.

2013 STAAR-Released Question

F = ma

m = F/a

a = F/m

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

• Identify unbalanced forces. (Review 6.8A)

• Calculate net force (the difference between all forces acting on an object) and describe its affect on speed and direction.

• Differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration.

SPEED VELOCITY ACCELERATION

Distance in a given amount of time

Speed & DirectionA change in Speed or

Direction

Components of a good lesson plan

1. Engage Student Interest

2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS

3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS

• Labs, Activities, Videos

1. Organize and Practice Vocabulary

2. Reading & Comprehension Strategies

3. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

4. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

5. Differentiation

6. Formative Assessment & Reteach

Embedded in lessons: Engage Student Interest• Picture-Word Association Part I

• Daily Guiding Questions & Sentence Frames

• Engage Your Brain

• True/False Questions

• Write a Caption

• Journal Entry: How would you express the measurement for the speed that a car travels on a highway?

• Force & Acceleration Lab Procedures Sort

• Class Tug of War

Recommended in lessons:Review / Scaffold to TEKS• Vocabulary Magic: Force & Motion

• Force & Motion Unit Overview

• Quizlet: (8.6A & B) Force & Motion http://quizlet.com/_pvyil

• Position, Motion Anchors of Support

• Beep Beep! Reading

• Speed Anchor of Support

• Calculating Average Speed

• Components of a Line Graph

• Making & Analyzing Speed Graphs

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Work

Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (Labs, Activities, Videos)

• Use Reference Points

• Calculating Average Speed

• Making and Analyzing Speed Graphs

• Force & Acceleration Lab

• Velocity Quick Lab

• BrainPop Video: Acceleration

• Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Lab

• They Might Be Giants Video: Speed & Velocity

Embedded in lessons:Organize and Practice Vocabulary

• Force & Motion Unit Overview

• Vocabulary Magic: Force & Motion

• Picture-Word Association Part II

• Active Reading- Displacement

• Position, Motion Anchor of Support

• Speed Anchor of Support

• Components of a Line Graph

• Essential Question

• Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Foldable

• Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Venn Diagram

• Balanced & Unbalanced Forces Foldable

• ScienceFusion Student Edition p. 196 Visual Summary

• Calculating Net Force Notes

• Vocabulary Review: Talk then Write with Sentence Stems, Concentration, Quick Draw, Frozen Image, Pick Three, Write It…Remember It

Embedded in lessons:Reading & Comprehension Strategies• Get a Move On (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 174-175)

• Beep Beep! (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 176-177)

• How Fast? Which Way? (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 178-179)

• Try to Keep Up (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 180-181)

• ScienceSaurus Sections 280-282: Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

• ScienceFusion Student Edition Lesson 2 p. 186-195 & 197

• ScienceSaurus Section 287: Work

• Comprehension Strategies

• Unbalanced & Balanced Forces Foldable

• Student Companion Notebook p. 54-56

• Paired Reading Recommendation: Have each student in a pair read a paragraph at a time and then have the non-reader summarize the section.

• Active Reading Strategies embedded in ScienceFusion Reading

Embedded in lessons:Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

• Talk then Write with Sentence Stems

• Lesson Review Q 1, 4, 11 (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 185)

• Lesson Review Q 2, 5-7 (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 185)

• Force and Acceleration Lab Conclusion

• Velocity Quick Lab Questions

• Visual Summary & Lesson Review (Q3, 5, 7, 8-10) (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 184-185)

• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank, Vocabulary Trailer

Embedded in lessons:Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

In this picture I see…

I think this picture might match the word … because…

• Special Education:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Pre-Teach Vocabulary3. Preteach/Reteach Opportunity4. Audio Option on Quizlet5. Online Animation6. Closed-Captioning on Discovery Streaming7. Sentence Frames8. Print Copy of Daily Guiding Questions & Sentence Frames9. Small Sets of Cards10. Multiple Views of Trailer11. Allow Access to Quizlet12. Print Out of Instruction Sentences13. Top-Down Web Unit Overview as Study Tool14. Encourage SpEd Students to complete Step 1 to Build Confidence15. Assign specific sentences for completion based on ability.16. Science Glossary17. Word Bank18. Modeling19. Text-to-Speech Function20. Interpreting Visuals21. Active Reading22. Shared Reading: Read Triads23. Chunked Reading 24. Modified Lab 25. Song26. Posted List of Variables 27. Focus On Main Ideas

• English Language Learners:

1. Preteach/Reteach Opportunity2. Audio Option on Quizlet3. Mixed-Ability Partners 4. Online Animation5. Closed-Captioning on Discovery Streaming6. Sentence Frames7. Print Copy of Daily Guiding Questions & Sentence Frames8. Small Sets of Cards9. Multiple Views of Trailer10. Allow use of Native Language Dictionaries or online resource: http://translate.google.com/ 11. Dual Language Science Glossary12. Word Bank13. Modeling14. Interpreting Visuals15. Shared Reading 16. Posted List of Variables 17. Focus On Main Ideas

Embedded in lessons:Differentiation

• Picture-Word Association Part II

• Talk then Write with Sentence Stems

• Pre-Assessment: Engage Your Brain 1 & 2- T/F Questions (Q 1 & 2) & Write a Caption (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 173)

• Peer & Class Discussions

• Lesson Review Q 1, 4, 11 (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 185)

• Pre-Assessment: How would you express the measurement for the speed that a car travels on a highway?

• Calculating Average Speed

• 6.8C STAAR-Released Questions

• Vocabulary Review Games: Concentration, Quick Draw, Essential Question, Frozen Image, Pick Three, Write It…Remember It

• Work STAAR Questions

Embedded in lessons:Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment

• Making and Analyzing Speed Graphs

• Lesson Review Q 2, 5-7 (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 185)

• Force and Acceleration Lab Conclusion

• Velocity Quick Lab Questions

• BrainPop Acceleration Video Quiz

• Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Venn Diagram

• Visual Summary & Lesson Review (Q3, 5, 7, 8-10) (ScienceFusion SE G8 p. 184-185)

• Speed, Velocity, And Acceleration Lab Conclusion

• Velocity & Acceleration Practice Problems

• Speed, Velocity, And Acceleration Assessment

• Review of 6.8B- Physics Focus Activities Slides 11-12

• ScienceFusion Student Edition p. 196 Visual Summary

• F=ma Practice Problems

• Force & Motion Assessment

Embedded in lessons:Reteach

Reteach Opportunities

• Quizlet

• Discovery Streaming Video: Basics of Physics: Exploring the Laws of Motion

• SKOOL.ie: Forces- 1

• http://www.skoool.ie/content/skoool_learning/junior/lessons/science/forces1/flash/h-frame-ns6.htm

• ScienceFusion Optional Lessons

• Other Lessons Folder Activities

Higher level questions• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the

classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)

• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.

• Levels of Questions

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

• Evaluation

• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing Higher Level Questions.

Lower Levels of questions

Higher Levels of questions

Sample Unit questions

• A sample from this unit using the Daily Guiding Questions.

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate

What is force?

What is motion?

What is the equation for average speed?

What type of graph is used to represent

motion?

What is speed?

What is velocity?

What is acceleration?

How do unbalanced forces affect the

motion of an object?

How is an object’s motion described?

How do you calculate average speed?

How do you represent

motion on a graph?

How do you interpret motion on a graph?

How do we calculate and communicate the

change in position, direction and speed for moving objects?

How do unbalanced forces affect the

motion of an object?

Why do things move?

How are speed and velocity different from

one another?

How are velocity and acceleration different

from one another?

What do speed, velocity and

acceleration have in common?

How are force and motion related?

How would you test the affects of an

unbalanced force on a cart?

What information would you use to support your view that unbalanced forces were occurring on the object below?

Recommended Anchors of Support

• Force & Motion Unit Overview

• Picture-Word Association Part II

• Position, Motion Anchor of Support

• Speed Anchor of Support

• Components of a Line Graph

• Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Foldable

• Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Venn Diagram

• Unbalanced & Balanced Forces Foldable

• ScienceFusion Student Edition p. 196 Visual Summary

• Force Notes: Calculating Net Force

Anchors of SupportOther Resources

•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions • Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf

• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from the ceiling with wire and string.”

• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as units change.”

• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide

• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science Glossaries

Academic vocabularyDAILY LESSON PAGE

CURRICULUM ROAD MAP