This document outlines a multi-day unit plan on motion and design. On day 1, students create a chart on motion, design, and force and complete a scavenger hunt. They explore with K'NEX pieces and learn Newton's First Law of Motion. Subsequent days cover Newton's Second and Third Laws, designing and drawing vehicles, exploring force and gravity, testing vehicles carrying loads, evaluating design, and investigating friction. Students build propeller-driven vehicles, discuss cost considerations, and participate in a design challenge to apply their learning. The unit incorporates hands-on activities, group work, and homework to teach key concepts in physics and engineering design.

1. Motion and Design

2. Day 1: What is Motion and Design? Set up Interactive Notebooks. INTRODUCTION TO UNIT: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm Activity: 1.Create a 3 column chart to list what we know about Motion, design and force. (Page 1) 2. Complete the Scavenger Hunt . Use your Sciencesaurus to complete the handout. (Page 2) Fin 3. Exploration with K’NEX pieces. Review guidelines. Be sure you sign your safety contract! This needs to be placed on the front inside cover of your notebook. 4. Copy down Newton’s First Law of Motion (Page 3) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=force+and+motion+physics&aq=0

4. http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm

5. Newton’s second law states that when a force acts upon an object, the object will start to move, speed up, slow down, or change direction. The greater the force, the greater the change of motion; the greater the mass of the object, the smaller the change of motion.

6. Newton’s third law states that if an object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object.http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/action-and-reaction.htm

7. Day 2: What is Design?

8. Lesson 1: Designing Vehicles Activity: Discuss Newton’s First Law 1. Review lesson 1 in Student Resource booklet. 2. Assign science roles within collaborative groups: Moderator Materials manager Reporter Recorder Investigator 3. Your job is to build a vehicle that will travel 100 cm. 4. Complete Lesson 1 recording handout (Page 4) Homework: Vocabulary (Page 6) Use Vocabulary Chart 1-3

9. Day 3: Using Drawings to Record and Build

10. Lesson 2: Technical Drawings Activity: Review definitions . Groups will use colored pencils and graph paper to draw their designs from lesson 1.( Page 6) Remember your roles. Use the provided blueprint/ technical drawing to build the standard vehicle (We will use these in the next few lessons.) 5. Compare your blueprint with the one that was provided to build the standard vehicle. 6. Complete the lesson 2 recording sheet. Homework: Read: The Race That Wasn’t Run and answer questions (Page 7) Be sure to check the TABLE OF CONTENTS page to keep your notebook up to date.

11. Day 4 Part 1: Looking at Force http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/force/ http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/force-and-motion.htm

12. Newton’s Second Law of Motion Newton’s second law of motion state that when a force is exerted on an object, the force acts to increase the speed of that object, to change its direction, or to slow or stop its motion. BrainPOP | Newton's Laws of Motion

13. Day 4 Part 2: Exploring Newton’s Second Law of Motion Activity: Falling Weight System Complete Lesson 3 recording sheet. Vocabulary: Inertia, gravity, momentum

14. Day 5: Carrying a Load

15. Lesson 4: Testing the Motion of Vehicles Carrying a Load Vocabulary: Mass- the amount of material in an object Weight- the amount of force gravity exerts on an object’s mass. How does force affect the motion of lighter and heavier vehicles? Activity: Graphing Data: How load affects the time a vehicle travels Complete the Falling Weight Investigation with load Using the lesson 4 recording handout ( page )

16. Day 6: Vehicle Design

17. Lesson 5: Evaluating Vehicle Design Design Challenge! Use the challenge cards to complete the task. Homework: Enter in your notebook Read Lunar Rover: Making Tracks on the Moon and complete Q&A (teacher resource pg. 52-53)

18. Day 7 & 8:Rubber Band Energy

19. Lesson 6&7: Looking at Rubber Band Energy Vocabulary: Copy in you notebook Energy- the capacity to do work Potential- is energy ready to be released (stored) Kinetic- energy of motion This will take two class periods. Complete Investigation and the lesson 6 recording sheet. Complete Investigation and the lesson 7 recording sheet Homework: How are energy and work related? Use your Science text to answer The questions on handout.

20. Day 9: Looking at Friction

21. Lesson 8: Evaluating Vehicle Design Activity: Complete the Design Cards for Observing Friction (One group per card may be necessary due to time) Card 1: Wheels and Tan Hub Connectors Complete the Observation handout 8-A Card 2: Tires Complete the Observation handout 8-A Card 3: Frame and crossbars Complete the Observation handout 8-A Homework: Self Assessment A

23. To use what you learned to explain friction

24. Use http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/Classic/bar.asp to graph groups results (save and print) Rules: Decide as a group on the surfaces you will use Take turns Work quietly

25. Day 11: Building a Propeller-Driven Vehicle

26. Day 12: Looking at Cost

27. Lesson 13 Discuss cost and how it affects how well a product sell. Student Resource Book pg. 15. Read and highlight relevant information. Use the next clean page in your notebook to list ways to reduce cost in vehicle Production. Be prepared to share with the class.

28. Design Challenge!!!Lessons 14-16