1. Lesson Overview
Force and Motion
Lesson Overview Time Other Things to Know
Advance Preparation
1 • Pre Assessment 50 min *Teach students to use a stopwatch
• Marble Motion 50 min *Find The Tortoise and the Hare Story
50 min * Need tables not desks for activities
50 min * Make What We Think About Motion chart
50 min
2 • Describing Motion 60 min *Label N, S, E,W in your room
60 min *Large area for measuring distance
3 • Measuring Speed 50 min *Large area for measuring distance (10m)
50 min *Calculators for each team (if you want)
50 min *Prepare Class Motion Chart
4 • Graphing Motion 60 min *Large area for measuring distance
60 min *Copy and Laminate Word Sort Card Set
5 • Balanced/Unbalanced Forces 50 min *Cut Plastic Straws into 4” pieces
50 min *Set up Balloon Rocket Demo
*Need large area- Student Tug-of- War
6 • Balloon Rockets 60 min *Set up 3 more balloon rocket demos
7 • Measuring Unbalanced Forces 60 min *Need large tables
in Newtons 60 min
8 • Constant Motion 50 min *Collect a variety of objects to slide across
50 min the room, tissue box, eraser, marker, …
50 min *Book: Newton’s Law
9 • Mass and Motion 60 min *Copy and Laminate Word Sort Card Set
(Acceleration) 60 min *Area to roll balls with ramps
60 min *Rugs or towel s if room is not carpeted
10 • The Force of Simple Machines 55 min *Tie rope to one of the longer dowels
55 min *Punch holes in paper cups
55 min *Book: Machines Make It Move
11 • Inclined Plane, Wedge, & Screw 60 min *Space to use inclined planes
60 min *Book: Machines Make It Move
60 min
12 • Forces and Motion of Flight 45 min *Large area for flight tests
(Air Resistance) 45 min *Make airplane model
45 min *Prepare Airplanes in Flight chart
*Book: The Story of the Wright Brothers
13 • Non-Contact Forces 60 min *Make T chart- Contact/Non-Contact Force
(gravity & magnetism) 60 min
14 • Magnetism to Make Things 50 min *Cut strips of index card: 1.5 cm X 7.5 cm
Move (Telegraph) 50 min *Divide clay into 8 pieces (large marble size)
50 min *Build model of telegraph sounder
50 min *Need internet access
50 min *Make cart- Electromagnets

2. 15 • Non-Contact (Electricity) 60 min *Copy & Laminate Word Card Set
*Charge 2 balloons – rubbing on wool
*Inflate 2 balloons per each team
16 • Non-Linear Motion (Spin) 55 min *Collect additional materials that can be
55 min used to build tops (See parent letter from
55min activity 12)
55 min
17 • Using Force & Motion of 60 min *Class collects a variety of building materials
Roller Coasters 60 min for making model roller coasters (see parent
60 min letter for activity 15)
60 min *Book: Roller Coaster!
60 min
Total: 49 lessons