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							Mr. Stephens
Physics
Week 1 Lessons (9/12-9/14)
Nature of Science

Due:                                        Nothing                             Nothing                    Nothing
Day in Year                                 1                                   2                          3
Day in Week                                 1                                   2                          3
Learning        No School       No School   ∙Get back into the swing of         Field Trip                 ∙Learn a new reading
Target                                      science!                                                       strategy
(Objective)
California                                  1. Scientific progress is made by   Field Trip                 1. Scientific progress is made by
Standard                                    asking meaningful questions and                                asking meaningful questions and
                                            conducting careful                                             conducting careful
                                            investigations.                                                investigations.
Assessment                                  Group Presentations                 Field Trip                 SQ3R Notes
Warm-up                                     Welcome Back Speech                 Field Trip                 Define science
Agenda                                      ∙Pass out materials for rubber      Give out Field Trip        ∙Polar Bear Dice Game
(APK-1st,                                   stopper rockets-each student        assignment-connection to   ∙Share personal definition of
EPK-2nd,                                    gives intro to receive              physics                    science
Application -                               materials.                                                     ∙Review “scientific
3rd,                                        ∙Perform Rubber Stopper                                        explanations” from first day
Reflection-                                 Rockets Lab                                                    of school.
4th)                                        ∙Students form groups of three                                 ∙Pass out reading introduce
                                            to provide “scientific                                         SQ3R.
                                            explanation” using                                             ∙Perform SQ3R Think Aloud
                                            transparency                                                   with article on p2 of
                                            ∙Groups share explanations                                     conceptual physics
                                            with class.                                                    ∙Groups devise new
                                                                                                           explanations based on reading
                                                                                                           and SQ3R on readings.
                                                                                                           ∙Share out.
                                                                                                           ∙Index card summary of new
                                                                                                           explanation
Homework                                    ∙Make an email by Monday     Field Trip                        ∙Make an email by Monday
                                            and email me something new.                                    and email me something new.
                                            ∙Science learning activities
                                            survey.
Materials                                   ∙Rubber stopper, test tubes, Field Trip                        ∙Copies of Conceptual
                                            baking soda, vinegar, toilet                                   Physics page #2, 11-12, 29-
                                            paper, goggles.                                                30, 35-36, 46-47,59-60, 64-
                                                                                                           65, 74-75, 92-93.

Key-
APK-Accessing Prior Knowledge
EPK-Extending Prior Knowledge
Hyperlinks to documents only work on the school server
Hyperlinks to internet work anywhere
Differentiation -Laptops enable students to work at their own pace