Newton’s Laws
General/Contact Information:
Name
Email
School
Center #
Name
Email
School
Center #
Grade (s):
Samuel Smith
samuel.smith@cpsb.org
DeQuincy High School
Center 1
Robert Carter
robert.carter@cpsb.org
Sam Houston High School
Center 3
Kala Hines
Kala.hines@cpsb.org
Sulphur High 9th Grade
Center 2
Center 4
Learning Center Information:
Center Summaries, GLEs, CCSS, Materials, and Resources
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Center 1: MovieMaker
Lesson Summary:
Students will demonstrate knowledge of Newton’s Three Laws of Motion by creating original educational videos using Windows
MovieMaker Software.
GLEs and CCSS:
Center 1
Next Generation Science Standards:
Materials and Resources:
1. MovieMaker Task Card
2. Rubric1
3. Worksheet
4. MovieMaker Quick Tips
MS.PS-FM Forces and Motion
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
b. Communicate observations and information graphically and mathematically to represent
Student Tools (Hardware/Software)
how an object’s relative position, velocity, and direction of motion are affected by forces acting
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on the object.
c. Collect data to generate evidence supporting Newton’s Third Law, which states that when two 2.
objects interact they exert equal and opposite forces on each other.
d. Use mathematical concepts and observations to describe the proportional relationship
between the acceleration of an object and the force applied upon the object, and the inversely
proportional relationship of acceleration to its mass.
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Center 2: Prezi
Lesson Summary:
Students will research information about Newton’s Three Laws of Motion and create a lesson to teach other students using a Prezi presentation. Students will
use text and internet resources, create a Prezi lesson, and create an assessment for their classmates.
GLEs and CCSS:
Materials and Resources:
1. Prezi Task Card
HS.PS-FM Forces and Motion
2. Rubric1
a. Plan and carry out investigations to show that the algebraic formulation of Newton’s second law of motion
3. Worksheet1
accurately predicts the relationship between the net force on macroscopic objects, their mass, and acceleration
and the resulting change in motion. [Assessment Boundary: Restricted to one- and two-dimensional motion
and does not include rotational motion. Does not apply in the case of subatomic scales or for speeds close
to Tools (Hardware/Software)
Student
the speed of light. Calculations restricted to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds.]
1. Prezi QuickTips
Center 2
b. Generate and analyze data to support the claim that the total momentum of a closed system of objects
before an interaction is the same as the total momentum of the system of objects after an interaction.
[Clarification Statement: Conservation of momentum is the focus.]
Next Generation Science Standards
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Formulate questions arising from investigating how an observer’s frame of reference and the
choice of units influence how the motion and position of an object can be described and
communicated to others.
Grade Level Expectations
Scientific Inquiry
1. Use technology when appropriate to enhance laboratory investigations and presentations of
findings (SI-H-A3)
2. Choose appropriate models to explain scientific knowledge or experimental results (e.g., objects,
mathematical relationships, plans, schemes, examples, role-playing, computer simulations) (SI-HA4)
Forces and Motion
1. Demonstrate Newton’s three laws of motion (e.g., inertia, net force using F = ma, equal and
opposite forces) (PS-H-E3)
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Center 3: PowerPoint
Lesson Summary:
Students will research Newton’s Laws along with current automobile safety feature design. Students will create a PowerPoint and present a lesson to the class.
GLEs and CCSS:
Center 3
HS.PS-FM Forces and Motion:
1. Plan and carry out investigations to show that the algebraic formulation of Newton’s second law of
motion accurately predicts the relationship between the net force on macroscopic objects, their mass,
and acceleration and the resulting change in motion. [Assessment Boundary: Restricted to one- and
two-dimensional motion and does not include rotational motion. Does not apply in the case of
subatomic scales or for speeds close to the speed of light. Calculations restricted to macroscopic
objects moving at non-relativistic speeds.]
2. Gather and analyze data to support the claim that the total momentum of a closed system of objects
before an interaction is the same as the total momentum of the system of objects after an interaction.
[Clarification Statement: Conservation of momentum is the focus.
3. Acquire and analyze data to support the claim that the total momentum of a closed system of
objects before an interaction is the same as the total momentum of the system of objects after an
interaction. [Clarification Statement: Conservation of momentum is the focus.]
4. Design and evaluate devices that minimize the force on a macroscopic object during a collision.
Scientific Inquiry
3. Use technology when appropriate to enhance laboratory investigations and presentations of
findings (SI-H-A3)
4. Choose appropriate models to explain scientific knowledge or experimental results (e.g., objects,
mathematical relationships, plans, schemes, examples, role-playing, computer simulations) (SI-HA4)
Forces and Motion
2. Demonstrate Newton’s three laws of motion (e.g., inertia, net force using F = ma, equal and
opposite forces) (PS-H-E3)
http://nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards
Materials and Resources:
1. Powerpoint Task Card
2. Rubric3
Student Tools (Hardware/Software)
1. Powerpoint Quick Tips 1
2. Powerpoint Quick Tips 2