Week 2
Week 2
During this week we will be working towards integrating art and history into our physics unit.
Day 1 - I see, you see, we all see speed!! - (Activity 4)
This lesson will should take about an hour. Students will need a large piece of butcher paper, and a variety of art supplies (paint, oil pastels, colored pencils, etc.). This lesson would only need to be adapted if a child is physically handicapped, and was not able to use their fine motor skills. If this occurred, someone could aid the student or and alternate activity could be found. Teachers may find the learning disabled students especially like this lesson, because it allow them to use their creativity.
Day 2 & 3 - Past and Present Shuttles Moving Throughout - (Activity 5)
This lesson will consume a two day period and use a total of two hours. Students will need the reference materials that are listed with this website, and will also need other references about the history of the space shuttle (they may also use websites listed with this unit). Students will also need a model shuttle, string, tape, and a stop watch. This lesson is very adaptable to students with physical disabilities, because they will already be working in partner groups. If a student has a language barrier then they would also need to work with a partner.
Day 4 - Motion of a Bowling Ball - (Activity 6)
This lesson will take 45 minutes to an hour. Students will need a bowling ball, 5 - 10 stopwatches, a massive object to let the ball collide into and not hurt anyone, white boards (this is a 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of white paneling board that can be bought at most big hardware stores and is cut into 1 foot x 1 foot boards), dry erase markers, and paper towels to clean off the boards. This lesson would may need to be adapted for a visually impared student or a physically handicapped student should work with a partner.
Day 5- Periodic Motion - (Demonstration 2)
This demonstration will also take 45 minutes to an hour. The necessary materials are string, bob - infant stacking rings provide colorful bobs of different sizes and mass, right angle clamp, ring stand, rod. This lesson would need to be adapted to a visually impaired student, a barrier could be put around the pendulum so that it would make noise each time it went from side to side.