Science Grade 7

Core Content Coaching

Purpose

To provide support for grade-level, unit content planning for the Work & Force Unit

Resources for planning• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)

• CRM 2: Work & Force

• Blank Pacing Calendar

• 7th Grade1st Six Weeks Lessons: Work and Force

• Computer with Internet Access

7.1A-B, 7.2A-E, 7.3A-D, 7.4A-B 7.7: Force, motion, & energy. The student knows that there is a relationship among force, motion, & energy. The student is expected to:

7.7A: contrast situations where work is done with different amounts of force to situations where no work is done such as moving a box with a ramp & without a ramp, or standing still.

TEKS & Student expectations

Content TEKS Skills TEKS

CRM 2: TEKS & Acquisition section

Teacher Content support videos Khan Academy: Introduction to Work and Energy

Vertical alignment

6TH GRADE

6.8E investigate how inclined planes and pulleys can be used to change the amount of force to move an object.

7TH GRADE

7.7A: contrast situations where work is done with different amounts of force to situations where no work is done such as moving a box with a ramp & without a ramp, or standing still.

8th Grade

8.6A: demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object’s motion.

• AN INCLINED PLANE IS A SLOPED SURFACE ALSO KNOWN AS A RAMP.

• AN INCLINED PLANE DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF FORCE NEEDED TO MOVE AN OBJECT BY INCREASING THE DISTANCE THE OBJECT HAS TO TRAVEL.

• THE LONGER THE LENGTH OF AN INCLINED PLANE, THE LESS FORCE IT REQUIRES TO MOVE THE OBJECT.

PRIOR LEARNING

2014 staar-released question

2013 staar-released question

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

• Work is done when a force is used to move an object a distance.

• In order for work to be done, the object must move in the direction of the force.

• If an object does not move or moves in a different direction than the force, work is not done.

Components of a good lesson plan1. Engage Student Interest

2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS

3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS

• Labs, Activities, Videos

4. Organize and Practice Vocabulary

5. Reading & Comprehension Strategies

6. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

7. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

8. Differentiation

9. Formative Assessment & Reteach

Embedded in lessons: Engage Student Interest

• Journal Entry: What do you think about when you hear the word “work”?

• Daily Guiding Questions & Sentence Frames

• Picture-Word Association Part I

• Work & Force Vocabulary Trailer

Embedded in lessons:Review / Scaffold to TEKS

• Vocabulary Magic: Work & Force Card Sort & Vocabulary Trailer

Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (Labs, Activities, Videos)

• Force & Work Demonstration

• Work Lab

• Work Lab 2- Inclined Planes

• Work Lab 2 Extension

• Work Calculation Problems

Embedded in lessons:Organize and Practice Vocabulary

• Quizlet

• Vocabulary Magic: Work & Force Vocabulary Card Sort

• Work & Force Overview

• Work & Force Picture-Word Association Part II

• Vocabulary Games: Concentration, Taboo

• Word Map

• Work Comic Strip

• Kagan Find-the-Fiction

• Work Sentence Puzzler

Recommended from sciencefusion:Reading & Comprehension Strategies

• ScienceSaurus: Work p 287

• Comprehension Strategy

• Shared Reading

• Graphic Organizer

Embedded in lessons:Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

• Journal Entry: What does it look like when we do work? What does it look like when no work is done?

• Word Map Sentences

• Kagan Find-the-Fiction Statements

• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Anchors of Support

Embedded in lessons:Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities• Work & Force Picture-Word Association

Part II• Force & Work Demonstration• Work Lab• Work Lab 2 Inclined Planes• Work Lab 2 Extension• Journal Entry• Work Sentence Puzzler• Calculating Work Problems• Vocabulary Games• Vocabulary Magic: Work & Force Card Sort

In this picture I see…

I think this picture might match the

word … because…

• Special Education: 1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Pre-teach Vocabulary3. Science Glossary4. Sentence Frame5. Card Sort Mat6. Top-Down Web Unit Overview 7. Post Questions & Responses 8. Video Example9. Taboo Template10. Modeling11. Work Calculation Problems Accommodated12. Calculators13. Think Aloud14. Visual Representation15. Comic Strip Template 16. Anchors of Support17. Self Reflection

• English Language Learners: 1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Pre-teach Vocabulary3. Dual Language Science Glossary4. Sentence Frame5. Cognates6. Root Words7. Multiple Views of Vocabulary Trailer8. Word Bank 9. Post Questions & Responses 10. Video Example11. Taboo Template12. Modeling13. Think Aloud14. Visual Representation15. Comic Strip Template 16. Anchors of Support

Embedded in lessons:Differentiation

• Extension for Learning: 1. Work Comic Strip (4, 6, or 9 panel templates)

Embedded in lessons:Differentiation

• Quizlet Flash Cards

• ScienceFusion Optional Lessons

• Other Lessons Folder Activities

• Quizlet Games

• Picture-Word Association Part II

• Vocabulary Games

• Work Lab & Work Lab 2 Questions

• Work Lab 2 Extension

• Calculating Work Problems

• Work Comic Strip

• Journal Entry

• Work Sentence Puzzler

• Work & Force Unit Overview Update

• Work & Force Quiz

• Work & Force Self Reflection

Embedded in lessons:Formative Assessment & Reteach

Formative Assessment Reteach Opportunities

Higher level questions• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the

classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)

• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.

• Levels of Questions

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

• Evaluation

• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing Higher Level Questions.

Lower Levels of questions

Higher Levels of questions

Sample unit questions• An example from this unit using the Daily Guiding Questions.

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate

Define work. What does it look like when we do work?

Calculate work using the following scenario…

What is the relationship between

force and motion?

How would you test the amount of work done

when moving a box up a moving truck ramp?

How would you evaluate the best method for moving an object?

Embedded in lessons:Anchors of Support

• Work & Force Overview

• Work Reading Graphic Organizer

Anchors of SupportOther Resources•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions

• Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf

• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from the ceiling with wire and string.”

• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as units change.”

• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science

Glossaries

Academic vocabularyTEACHER LESSON PAGE

CURRICULUM ROAD MAP