Teacher: physics Subject: physics Period: all

Houston Independent School District Secondary Lesson Plan Sheet

School: Reagan H S Week of: 11/4/13 Under review; discuss at 11/5 PLC meeting

DAY

Student Objective Free Body Diagrams (FBD) & Newtons Second Law P.4.D&E

Teaching, Reteaching and Enrichment Activities

Engage/Elicit What is force? define, observe and identify forces Explore ,Determine if a given force is a field or contact force Explain Create free body diagrams (FBD) for static and moving objects Elaborate ,Discover how force relates to acceleration Evaluate ,Critique peers FBDs Extend ,Create FBD advertising posters Engage/Elicit , Who can pull harder? Spring scale pull (Two students try to make two attached spring scales have different reatings when pulled in opposite directions on a flat surface.) Explore ,Deduce the relationship between forces on objects and forces acting on systems Explain ,Compare and contrast FBDs and force diagrams Elaborate ,Create force diagrams for force pairs Evaluate ,Critique force diagrams Extend ,Make a force pair movie Engage/Elicit Whey do planets move? Lead students to gravity Explore ,Discuss the relationships in Explain , Deconstruct Cavandishs experiment Elaborate ,Deduce the relationship between and weight Evaluate ,Teacher questions and observations Extend ,Create a model of Cavendishs experiment.

List resources and materials

Powerpoint/projector/computer student binders/notebooks

Homework Free Body Diagrams (FBD) & Newtons Second Law activity sheet

Monday

Tuesday

Newtons Third Law P.4.E

Powerpoint/projector/computer student binders/notebooks Spring scales

Newtons Second and Third Laws activity sheet

Wednesday

Intro. To Universal Gravitation P.5.A

student binders/notebooks

Gravitation and review activity sheet

Thursday Friday

District Common Assessment TEKS: P.4.A-F, P.5A

Special Ed/ 504 Modifications: Preferential Seating, Extended Time, Shortened Assignments, Content Mastery, Peer Tutoring. Calculator use, assistance of aide, small group test administration, audio recording of reading material.