Lesson Plan Template

Grade: Subject: Lesson Title:

5th Science Force: Balanced and Unbalanced

Standards

CCSS: ELP Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a
grade 5 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational
texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical
texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band
independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse
partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others'
ideas and expressing their own clearly.
AZ State Standards
S05.S1C1.PO2
Formulate predictions in the realm of science based on
observed cause and effect relationships
S05.S5C2.PO1
PO 1. Describe the following forces:
gravity
friction
S05.S5C2.PO2
Describe the various effects forces can have on an object
S05.S5C2.PO3
Examine forces and motion through investigations using
simple machines
Standard 1 Language
The student will identify and apply conventions of
standard English in his or her communication
HI-5 using simple present tense irregular verbs to produce
declarative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences
HI-7 producing declarative, negative, and interrogative sentences
using simple present tense verbs with subject-verb agreement
HI-8 using comparative and superlative adjectives
HI-20 producing a sentence using present real conditional
Standard 2. Language
The student will acquire English language vocabulary
and use it in relevant contexts
HI-4 explain the meaning and usage of grade-specific academic
vocabulary
Standard 1 Listening and Speaking.
The students will listen actively to the ideas of others to acquire
new knowledge
HI-5 demonstrating relationships among facts, ideas, or events
using academic vocabulary in classroom discussion
HI-7 follow multi-step procedures or processes containing specific
academic/content vocabulary

Learning Outcomes

Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to

define balanced forces, unbalanced forces, net force, and buoyant force
compare the effects of a balanced force and an unbalanced force
draw conclusions related to force
apply principles of force to solve a problem
design an exercise that uses balanced or unbalanced force

Language Objectives for ELLs: By the end of this lesson, ELLs will be able to

define vocabulary related to force
use conditional statements to express ideas about force
use superlative adjectives to describe the results of force exercise
describe force using simple present tense
communicate with a partner

Key Vocabulary

Content-Obligatory Content-Compatible
balanced forces motion
unbalanced forces slide
net force weight
buoyant force value
gravity object
friction

Collocations High-Frequency
house of cards prepositions (on, to the, toward)
act on
tug of war
see saw
push or pull

Grammar Structures Language Functions Learning Skills

conditional statements describe force summary
when/then express conditionals carry out investigations
if/then compare/contrast cooperate with others
comparative Adjs. interpret information
present tense
compare/contrast

Depth of Knowledge Levels Addressed

[x] Level 1: Recall and Reproductions [x] Level 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
[x] Level 2: Skills and Concepts [x] Level 4: Extended Thinking
Questions:

What is the difference between a balanced and unbalanced force?
What is a time in your life that you experience balanced force? Unbalanced force?
Describe what would happen if you put a pencil in a sink full of water. Why did this happen?
If you put a heavy stone in a sink full of water, what would happen? Why? Choose an item
from your desk and describe to your partner what would happen if put it in a sink full of water
and why.

Materials:

Sentence Scramble Handout
Large paper or posterboard, markers and crayons
Vocabulary dictionaries for ELL students
Adapted text
Venn diagram for ELL Students
Venn diagram

Teaching/Learning Activities

Activity Interaction Time

Activation Activity: Review Vocab-Sentence

Scramble

Project Sentence scramble on the board and ask T-Ss 12 Mins
students to write down what they think is the
correct Unscrambled Sentence S

Students share their guess with a shoulder partner S-S

Teacher elicits the correct answer from the class Ss-T

Pass out Sentence Scramble handout to assigned Ss-Ss
partners or small groups and read directions

Students complete handout

Share with another set of partners


Choose 3 students/partner to write the correct
sentence on the board and share with the class
T-Ss
Review vocabulary/concepts from the sentences
and the previous lesson

Guided Practice/Monitoring

Vocabulary Activity:
Students placed in groups and given directions T-Ss 20 min.

Students work together to define their word, give S-Ss
examples and draw pictures of it. Then each
group take turns and teach their word to the class.

What is the difference between balanced and T-Ss 10 min.
unbalanced force? S-S
What is a time in your life when you felt balanced S-Ss
and unbalanced force? Think-pair-share. Think of
your answer, share it with the person next to you,
be ready to share it with the class.

Guided reading homework:
Explain reading homework and Venn diagram T-Ss 5 min.
assignment. Make sure ELLs have any text
adaptations. Be prepared to share with a
classmate tomorrow.




Original text: The combination of all forces acting on an object is called the net force. Net force
affects an objects motion. To know how an object will move, you dont need to know the details
of all the forces that are acting on the object. You just need to know the net force. When forces
are balanced the net force is zero. (from Science, Arizona edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company. 2009, page 122.)

Adapted text: Net force is when all forces work together on an object or thing. It affects how
this object moves. Its OK to not know about the forces that are making that object move. The
net force is zero when the forces are the same, or balanced.


Name: _____________________________
Balanced Force Unbalanced Force