Unit

Finding Energy--LAB

Local Objective

At the end of this lab, students will be able to...

a.  Form a hypothesis about where kinetic energy comes from.

b.  Test your hypothesis by collecting and analyzing data.

Objective used to evaluate students

Yes

Assessment Activity

Informal Evaluations--Teacher will observe during class discussion and questioning.  Teacher will observe to make sure students stay on task.

Independent Practice--Students will be following the procedure for this activity on their own.  Teacher can make a formal assessment on their work and ability to read and follow directions.

Assessment--A final assessment can be made of students answers to analyzing their results and drawing conclusions.

Level of Expectation

90%

List of concepts and Evaluation Types

ConceptEvaluation Type
Data TableCR
QuestionsCR

Learning Activity

The students will:

1.  Review all safety cautions and icons before beginning the lab activity.

2.  Write a hypothesis that could possibly answer the question: "Where does the kinetic energy come from when you roll down a hill?"

3.  Set up lab and collect data using the procedure outline listed on pages 148-149 of the Holt Science & Technology (M) textbook.

4.  Complete lab calculations and enter results into your data table.

5.  Conclude this activity by analyzing their results and drawing conclusions.  During their activity, write down notes about the lab, those will be used to analyze and draw conclusions.

Instructional Method

the teacher will:

1.  Guide students during the review of all safey cautions and icons before beginning the lab activity.

2.  Guide students as they call compose a hypothesis for answer the question, "Where does the kinetic energy come from when you roll down a hill?"

3.  Guide students as they set up their labs and follow the procedure outline listed on pages 148-149 of the Holt Science & Technology (M) textbook.

4.  Assist students as they complete their calculation and enter results into their data table.

5.  Guide student in analyzing their results and drawing conclusions about their lab experiments.  Show students how to use notes to analyze and draw conclusions.

Content Standards

MA 1, SC 7, CA 4, CA 6, MA 3, SC 1

Process Standards

1.2, 1.4, 3.4, 2.7, 1.8, 2.3, 3.2, 2.1, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 1.7, 3.3, 1.1, 3.1, 1.3

Equity/Workplace Readiness

MSIP CodeMSIP Indicator
R/IResearch/Information Skills

Resources

Holt Science & Technology "Forces, Motion, and Energy" (M)

Materials:  books, masking tape, metersticks, metric balance, rolling cart, stopwatch, and wooden boards

Correction Exercise

Trial and Error

Enrichment Exercise

Design new aspects to the experiment to test new hypothesis'.

Special Needs

Modifications

GLEs v1.0

GLE CodeDisciplineStrandBig IdeaConceptGrade Level/CourseGLE
SC/7IN/1/A/07/aScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanationGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Formulate testable questions and hypotheses
SC/7IN/1/B/07/cScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., microscopes, thermometers, analog and digital meters, computers, spring scales, balances, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, stopwatches)
SC/7IN/1/B/07/bScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
SC/7IN/1/B/07/aScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Make qualitative observations using the five senses
SC/7IN/1/B/07/fScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Judge whether measurements and computation of quantities are reasonable
SC/7IN/1/B/07/dScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Measure length to the nearest millimeter, mass to the nearest gram, volume to the nearest milliliter, force (weight) to the nearest Newton, temperature to the nearest degree Celsius, time to the nearest second
SC/7IN/1/B/07/eScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Compare amounts/measurements
SC/7IN/1/B/07/gScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Calculate the range and average/mean of a set of data
SC/7IN/1/D/07/aScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) Grade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation (conclusion)
SC/7IN/1/D/07/bScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingScientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) Grade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Analyze whether evidence (data) and scientific principles support proposed explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories)
SC/7IN/1/E/07/aScienceScientific InquiryScience understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinkingThe nature of science relies upon communication of results and justification of explanationsGrade 7Scope and Sequence - All Units Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through: -oral presentations -drawings and maps -data tables (allowing for the recording and analysis of data relevant to the experiment, such as independent and dependent variables, --multiple trials, beginning and ending times or temperatures, derived quantities) -graphs (bar, single line, pictograph) -equations and writings

Objective Notes/Essential Questions

DateNote/Question
6/18/2007 11:30:28 AMWhat is kinetic energy?      What is potential energy?      How are the two different?      How can I take a potential object and make it kinetic?        How can I take a kinetic object and make it potential?