Lesson Overview

Changes in Motion
3rd Grade
Lesson Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance Preparation
1  Pre Test 40 min * Book: Motion-Push and Pull, Fast and Slow
 Motion 40 min * Make: Thinking About Motion chart
Changing of Position 40 min
2  Describing Objects in Motion 50 min * Make: Describing Motion chart
Motion, Direction, and Speed 50 min * Post: Directional signs (N,S,E,W)
* Part 2- need large room for activity
3  Compare/Contrast Motion 55 min
4  Force: Push/Pull 55 min * Book: Herman’s Moving Experience
5  Force: Friction 55 min * Book: Herman’s Moving Experience
6  Force: Friction/Adding Mass 55 min * Prepare: 8 block set-up (pg 44)
55 min * Prepare: Cut waxed paper and collect materials
* Copy and Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
7  Construct Graph from Activity 6 50 min *Copy: Class Force and Motion Data chart
8  Force: Gravity 50 min * Book: Herman’s Moving Experience
* Need: large area
9  Force: Gravity & Frictions 50 min * Video: Toys in Space
Compare/Contrast Motion 50 min * Copy: Airplane Design & Toys in Space Data
Earth vs. Space 50 min
50 min
10  Motion: Wind-up Toy 50 min * Make: Science Mobile (pg 71)
50 min * May want larger area for activity
11  Motion 50 min * Make extra spinners
Spin in the Air * Copy: Spinner Pattern
12  Force: At Rest 40 min
40 min
13  Motion in Straight Line 50 min * Book: Herman’s Moving Experience
Only example in space 50 min
14  Simple Machines 45 min * Book: How Do You Lift a Lion?
Force and Motion Over a Distance 45 min
 Post Test 40 min