Learning Map –Simple Machines (1)
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Standard/s:
Science
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Due Date: 3-4-16
S4P3. Students will demonstrate the relationship between the application of a force and the resulting change in position and
motion on an object. a. Identify simple machines. b. Using different size objects, observe how force affects speed and motion.
c. Explain what happens to the speed or direction of an object when a greater force than the initial one is applied. d.
Demonstrate the effect of a gravitational force on the motion of an object.
Curriculum Layers
Student Unit Learning Activities
Read and Comprehend
Read p.249-279 in the science text book OR listen to it online. Answer the questions
on the back in complete sentences independently. Use the book to answer the
questions.
All students must complete this layer.
Vocabulary
CHOOSE 1 assignment from this layer and
complete to grade level expectations in your
science journal.
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Vocabulary: work, simple machine, lever, fulcrum, pulley, wheel-and-axle, inclined
plane, screw, wedge (see p.249, 261, 271)
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Research It!
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CHOOSE 1 assignment from this layer and
complete to grade level expectations.
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Organize It!
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CHOOSE 1 assignment from this layer and
complete to grade level expectations in your
science journal.
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Lab
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Lab
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Write About It!
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CHOOSE 1 assignment from this layer and
complete to grade level expectations in your
science journal.
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Make a flash card for each vocabulary word. Write the word on the front and
the definition on the back.
Make a cross word puzzle with the definitions as clues.
Create a memory device for each word.
Draw a picture to illustrate the meaning of each word.
Make a vocabulary quiz using all of the words.
Write a good 4th grade sentence with each word (not the definition).
Explore the links in the force and motion folder on my website and write 5
things you learned and/or what games you played in your science journal.
Check out a book from the library about anything we have learned about in this
unit and take an AR test. This assignment can be done in any class when you
have time to read your AR books. Just show me the AR test.
Draw and complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast a pulley and a
wheel-and-axle.
Make a graphic organizer of your choice that includes each simple machine
and how it makes work easier.
Make a graphic organizer that includes each simple machine and examples of
each.
Read Dean Kamen on p.258 and answer one of the think and write questions
using RACE.
Read Ayanna Howard on p.259 and answer one of the think and write
questions using RACE.
Read The Georgia Agrirama on p.282-283 and answer one of the think and
write questions using RACE.
Write to a first grader explaining how to raise a flag using a pulley. Draw a
picture to go with your writing.
Imagine your teacher asks you to make a simple machine using a ruler and a
rubber eraser. Explain what you would make. Draw diagrams to show what
the machine would look like.
Directions: You must complete one activity in each layer. All assignments are done in your science journal unless it says otherwise in the directions above.
I understand that I will need to show mastery of content by completing the assignments listed above at grade level expectations by the due date.
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