Midterm Project
Lee Ann DeHaas
8th Grade
Physics
27 Students
General Education Class and Inclusion Class
Students will be able to
Identify Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion
Understand the law of inertia
Determine the force needed to accelerate objects
Demonstrate the law of equal and opposite
reactions
Q&A Discussion (informal)
Exit Slip (informal)
Completed Lab Analysis (formal)
Sense
Students activate prior knowledge of gravity
Meaning
Gain meaning through Down Time & Prime Time 2
Launch
Do Now: Explain the difference between balanced
and unbalanced forces
Primacy (Prime time 1)
Newton’s Laws notes
Down time
Stations Lab
Recency (Prime time 2)
Exit slip: Real life applications of Newton’s Laws
Concrete Sequential
Abstract Sequential
Concrete Random
Abstract Random
Visual
SMARTBoard
Demonstrations
Verbal
Lecture
Skit
Musical
Victim of Gravity song
Kinesthetic
Demonstrations
Hands-on
Intrapersonal
Independent stations
Exit Slip
Mathematical
Using formulas
Interpersonal
Discussion
Group work
Images courtesy of http://connectionsacademy.com
SMARTBoard
ELMO document camera
Computers
Calculators
Neurons
Responsible for functioning of brain and nervous
system
Allows students to take in and process information
Sensory Input
The use of the 5 senses
Linked with the thalamus
Frontal
Higher-order thinking
Problem solving
Temporal
Music and sound
Occipital
Visual recognition
Parietal
Spatial orientation
Calculations
Thalamus
Sight, sound, touch
Hypothalamus
Homeostasis
Hippocampus
Short term memory to long term memory
Amygdala
Emotions
New Jersey. Department of Education. New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. Web.
10 Oct. 1213.
Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. 3rd.
Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press, 2006.
MSETRamapo.org. Ramapo College. Web