Name: Forces and Simple Machines PBL_
Week: 1-4, 5-8__
Date: 1/15-3/17_____
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Jump rope for
P.E., come in
and talk about
how bodies
moved, direction
and force of
motion,
starting/stopping
motion.
Determine that
there are pushes
and pulls. Read
in science books
about
position/motion.
Use marble and
angled board to
continue
discussion to
include changes
in speed and
direction. Read
in science books
about motion.
Set out models
of simple
machines to
explore. Look
for pushes or
pulls or patterns
of motion when
the machines
are used.
Explain pushes
and pulls when
the machines
are at rest. Try
to identify the
cause of the
push or pull.
Use scoops and
whiffle balls to
continue
discussion to
include
equal/opposite
forces. Read in
science books
about how we
move things.
Connect ideas of
push/pull to
add/subtract.
Read and
perform Simple
Machine Raps.
Use machine
models. Do cut
and paste
Simple
Machines page.
EL Strategies:
Acting out with
bodies and
objects. Notice
and Wonder
page about
motion,
pushes/pulls.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Push/pull forces
cause motion,
they are
opposites.
Lesson 6
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Sort machine
EL Strategies:
Math/science
journals to
record new
vocabulary and
big ideas with
pictures and
examples.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Push/pull forces
cause motion,
they are
opposites.
Lesson 7
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Read That’s
EL Strategies:
Hands-on
machine models
for students to
use.
Math/science
journals to
record new
vocabulary and
big ideas with
picture and
example.
EL Strategies:
Acting out with
bodies and
objects.
Math/science
journals to
record new
vocabulary and
big ideas with
picture and
example.
EL Strategies:
Hands-on
sorting activities.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Names of
different
machines,
discussing how
you figure out
what force the
machine is
causing.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Extend ideas of
push/pull to
other sets of
Intervention
opposites in
Lesson Focus:
math and the
Different types of world. Connect
machines, do
idea of
they cause
equal/opposite
push/pull
forces/events in
motion?
nature (waves,
weather, etc.)
Lesson 8
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Lesson 9
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Lesson 10
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Use bicycle or
models into
pushers and
pullers. Read in
science books
about how tools
and machines
move things.
Give Simple
Machines Quiz.
EL Strategies:
Hands-on
sorting activities.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Names of
different
machines,
discussing how
you figure out
what force the
machine is
causing.
What
Leprechaun’s Do
or The
Leprechaun’s
Gold to the
class,discuss
and chart traits
of leprechauns,
ask if the class
would like to try
to catch one.
Draw initial
design ideas.
Send page
home about
building a trap
with examples
and rubric
attached.
EL Strategies:
Math/science
journals to
record design
plans.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Understand
leprechaun
characteristics.
Understand
building project
expectations.
Practice
measuring
accurately with
different units.
use Shamrock
Measurement
page.
EL Strategies:
Hands-on
measurement
activities.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Correct
positioning of
ruler and object
for accurate
measurement.
Identifying unit of
measurement
and finding unit
on their ruler.
Use machine
models,small
objects, and
rulers to
measure the
distances
objects can be
moved using the
machines.
EL Strategies:
Notice and
Wonder page
about objects
being moved
and measured.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Correct
positioning of
ruler and object
for accurate
measurement.
scooter with
brakes to model
friction. Read in
science books
about friction.
Give Simple
Machines Test
(Appendix B).
EL Strategies:
Math/science
journals to
record new
vocabulary and
big ideas with
picture and
example.
Intervention
Lesson Focus:
Understand that
friction happens
when opposite
forces are not
equal, and that’s
why it slows
things down.