Curriculum Alignment & Teacher Notes

TEACHER TIPS & TOOLS resources, lessons, and forms to support the implementation of the research models

TARGETED LEARNING STYLES Field Dependent Field Independent Visual Analytical Understanding Kinesthetic Active Reflective Global Understanding

TIME FRAME: recommended time frame for completion: two weeks

Unit:	"3-2-1 Blast Off"
Focus:	Scientific Process
BCPS Content Curriculum Indicators:	Describe the criteria for a well-designed investigation (Scientific Inquiry 4a). Recognize and explain how the changes made to models can apply to real objects, events, and situations (Technology 1). Recognize and describe how the force of earth's gravity pulls any object toward Earth (Physics 6). Identify and describe that stored energy (potential energy) may be converted to energy of motion (kinetic energy) Physics 7b and c.
BCPS Library Media Indicators:	Use research skills in order to evaluate, select, record, and reorganize information. Use reference skills in order to locate information in a variety of sources.
Maryland Library Media Voluntary State Curriculum	2A 1. Match resources to topic of interest or need. 3A 1. Students will use print resources efficiently and effectively. 3. Students will use computer/online/digital resources efficiently and effectively. 7. Use appropriate graphic organizers or note cards to record relevant information.  8. Use own words to capture concepts and avoid plagiarism. 5A 2. Apply critical thinking and problem solving strategies. 6A 1. Make decisions to facilitate effective communication of ideas.
Maryland Science Voluntary State Curriculum	Standard 1: Scientific Inquiry:  Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science. Recognize and develop hypotheses that can be tested in well-designed investigations. Analyze and develop a well-designed investigation. Identify and demonstrate safe procedures when conducting an investigation. Recognize and explain how the changes made to models can apply to real objects, events, and situations. Standard 7: Physics:  Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur. Identify and describe that stored energy (potential energy) may be converted to energy of motion (kinetic energy). Recognize and describe that the force of Earth's gravity pulls any object toward Earth
AASL Standards	Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively. Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently. Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.
ISTC NETS for Students Performance Standards and Indicators: Grades PreK - 2 Grades 3 - 5 Grades 6 - 8 Grades 9- 12	Standard 5: Technology research tools Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
Teachers' Web Resources	Resources to build the Alka-Seltzer Rocket http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/teachers/rockets/act3.html http://www.nasalearn.org/tn_321pop.htm http://www.omniplex.org/3-2-1_Pop_.pdf http://www.uidaho.edu/idahotech/lessons/rockets/rocket.html www.howstuffworks.com/question116.htm Background information on Newton's Laws of Motion http://csed10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton3.html http://standford.edu/~buzzt/gravity.html http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sfall.htm Newton's Third Law (lesson, experiment) Concepts of Aeronautics Quotations by Newton Physics in Sports

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Last update: October 2005
Created by Sharon Grimes

 

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