Principles of Technology
Unit 3: Work
Principles of Technology
Unit 2: Pressure, Density and Buoyancy
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Content/Essential Questions
Time (
Instructional Activities/Strategies
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Resources
Assessments
what is expected for learning activities and assessments
S11.C.3.1.4
What is pressure?
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Hydrostatic Pressure Lab
Identify the Five Cylinders Lab
Textbook (Physics in
Context)
How are density and pressure related?
How can the forces exerted on solids,
liquids and gasses be quantified?
When two surfaces are in contact with
each other, what does the force of
friction depend upon?
Can one quantify the properties of
matter (eg, density, solubility
coefficients) by applying mathematical
formulas.
Introduction of force (vocabulary
introduction/practice, definition and
examples of force, graphic organizers,
think/pair/share) Internet website
practices based on force (cooperative
learning, activation of prior knowledge)
Hydrostatic pressure (cooperative
learning, individualized lab write-up,
task-based/experiential learning,
modeling)
Density (cooperative learning,
individualized lab write-up, taskbased/experiential learning, modeling,
making connections to everyday life.)
Identify the Mystery Cylinders Lab
Cooperative learning, taskbased/experiential learning, modeling,
making connections to everyday life<)
“Float your Boat” Competition (multiple
intelligence strategies, small group,
large group, and classroom)
Lab manual &
supplemental materials
(Moodle/Internet/self
created Word practice
documents)
Lab equipment (scales,
balances, tethers
miscellaneous objects,
coke vs. diet coke, rocks,
different types of wood,
buckets, containers,
magnets)
Notes (via powerpoint)
Videos (podcasts, Internet,
UnitedStreaming, Moodle,
etc)
Formative:
Topic related
demonstrations
Discussions (small
and large group)
Lab write-ups
(formatted)
Practice problems
Quizzes
Review packet
(study guide,
practice problems)
Review games
(Jeopardy, Trashball, etc)
Summative:
WhiteBoard/project/laptops Unit Test
Capapult project
Large basin to
accommodate sinking of
boats, construction
materials e.g., wood,
plastic, fasteners.
Summative:
Concept and
Application of
knowledge of
buoyancy and
density.
Principles of Technology
Unit 3: Work
What is density?
 Density Lab
 Identify the Five Cylinders Lab
Cooperative learning, taskbased/experiential learning, modeling,
making connections to everyday life)
Texbook (Physics in
Context)
Lab Manual, blocks of
wood, rocks of varing
Densities, objects of
various densities, beakers,
cylinders, triple beam
balances, calculators,
Internet.
Practice density
worksheets, online density
Practice problems.
Formative:
Labs write ups,
(formatted)
What is buoyancy?
“Float your Boat” Competition (multiple
intelligence strategies, small group,
large group, and classroom)
Boat design information
From multiple sources,
Cabella Catalog, Internet,
Boat manufacturers.
Summative:
Concept and
Application of
knowledge of
buoyancy and
density.
Classroom activities/ demonstrations,
i.e. mixing of oil and water, salt water
vs. freshwater, coke vs. diet coke and
cold vs. hot water.
Moodle link, Internet.
Formative:
Brain-teasers,
myth busters.
Antifreeze lab. Lab write ups.
Principles of Technology
Unit 3: Work
Principles of Technology
Unit 3: Work