Curriculum
Guide
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Force and Motion - Simple Machines
by
Elise Mooney and Helen Andersson
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Aim
Rationale
Audience
Pre-reguisites
Subject-Matter
Goals and Objectives
Instructional Plan
Materials
Assessment and Evaluation
Appendices
Resources
Glossary
Aim
The aim of the Force and Motion - Simple Machines Web
Page is to familiarize primary students with how simple machines help people
do work. This aim will incorporate use of the World Wide Web.
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Rationale
We believe that this module will address state goals
and Chicago Academis
Standards.and Frameworks. The acitivities associated with this
module will also incorporate language arts and math goals. The use
of the World Wide Web will allow the students to work at their own pace
and to explore related sites.
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Goals and Objectives
This physical science module supports the Chicago Academic
Standards and Frameworks which in turn support state and national goals.
The following letters and numbers from left to right reflect the
Goals, Standards and Framework Statements as stated in the Chicago
Academic Standards book.
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Audience
The target audience for this science module is third grade students
and teachers. However, many of the activities can be adapted for
other primary students and teachers. All that is needed on the part
of the student is an open mind and a willing attitude because many of the
concepts are introductory in nature. To successfully use the
internet, the students should have some computer knowledge. Teachers
must be familiar with using the internet and have at least one computer
with internet access and a web browser.
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Subject-Matter
This physical science module will cover four of the six types of simple
machines; wheel and axle, pulley, lever and inclined plane. In addition
to the simple machines, we'll also discover the effects of pushing and
pulling, inertia and friction. This curriculum module is a working
draft, not a complete or comprehensive module.
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Instructional Plan
A detailed working rough draft of objectives and lesson plans.
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Materials
One computer, wih internet access and browser. See lesson plans for
other materials.
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Assessment and Evaluation
Students will record observations and complete assigned tasks in their
journals.
Teachers will observe and assess students' participation in individual
and cooperative groups during demonstrations and experiments.
Students will actively participate in constructing a K - W - L
chart.
Students will, by the end of the unit, demonstrate knowledge of
concepts covered with group presentation and teacher-made written assesment.
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Appendices
Sources and Resources
Science in Action: Simple Machines, Educational Insights, 1987
Copycat, "Simply Marvelous Machines, Jan/Feb 1999
Simple Machines- Teacher's Guide, Educatioal Editorial Services
Plus, Delta Education, 1994
The Scienc Book of Machines, Neil Ardley, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch
Publishers, 1992
Video- The Magic Schoolbus Plays Ball: Forces and Motion
Vocabulary
Force
Friction
Fulcrum
Inclined Plane
Inertia
Lever
Pulley
Ramp
Screw
Wedge
Wheel and Axle
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