space.discussion.Lesson8

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**LESSON 8**

** __Grade Level:__ ** 3rd Grade Science

**__Unit:__** Gravity, Force, & Motion

 __**Lesson Objectives:**__
 *  Students will  become familiar with Sir Isaac Newton and his laws of gravity
 *  Students will understand gravity, weightlessness, and motion
 *  Students will understand how different forces cause motion
 * Students will learn a basic web 2.0 tool to learn interdisciplinary academic skills and sharing
 * Students will learn related vocabulary words that they will be able to put into context and spell correctly

**__Time Required To Complete This Lesson:__** One week

**__Title Of Lesson:__** May The Force Be With You

**__Description Of Lesson:__** Students will learn about gravity, force, and motion by reading about the laws of gravity, viewing selected videos from YouTube, performing a physical exercise, and performing daily experiments. students will also create a short movie about gravity or motion. .

__**In-class Assignment:**__
 * We will read the corresponding chapter in our CORE textbook
 * We will perform the Force and Motion dance exercises daily
 * Students will view six YouTube videos that all have to do with the facets of gravity, forces, and motion
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We will do a daily experiment- uphill battle, balloon fight, marble drop, balancing act, and motion detector- from the book //Experiments With Gravity// by Tocci, Gardner, & Vargus
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Students will go to 3 different websites to locate information to complete their assignment worksheets
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Students will create short animated movies using automated technology from Dvolver.com showing their understanding of the unit and the associated subject matter.

<span style="color: #fb680e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Resources/Materials Needed:**__ <span style="color: #fb680e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Technology We Used:** __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Technology We Used In This Lesson Changes The Teaching/Learning In This Way:** __ By using technology in this lesson, students we able to actually view different forces and their impact on bodies in motion via a YouTube video playlist created specifically for this unit. By using the internet to search educational websites for information, students are able to hone their research skills using technology while learning the answers to important questions. By using the DVD, students are able to see how dances and exercises are correctly performed before attempting them themselves. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">And by using Dvolver to create videos, students were able to learn a fun technological tool to educationally help them learn the subject matter and present and share it with their classmates.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">CORE Science textbook chapter
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audio Video computer setup
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Assignment worksheets 1-3
 * YouTube video playlist
 * Materials for experiments
 * Websites for research
 * Force and Motion Exercise DVD
 * Dvolver.com movie maker
 * We are using a <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">DVD to learn and perform exercises and dances that explain force, motion, and gravity
 * We are using world music videos from YouTube.com for viewing the effects of forces, learning about and viewing gravity
 * We are using websites for research in order to complete our assignment sheets
 * We are using Dvolver.com to make short animated movies about gravity, force, and motion


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