CCC Module: Inclined Planes & Pulleys

1. Science Grade 6: Inclined Planes & Pulleys
Core Content Coaching

2. Purpose
To provide support for grade-level, unit content planning

3. Resources for planning
• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)
• CRM 7: Force & Motion
• Blank Pacing Calendar
• 6th
Grade 4th
Six Weeks Lessons: Inclined Planes & Pulleys
• Computer with Internet Access

4. Teacher yearly resource document

5. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Jan. 5
Force
6 7 8 9
12
Motion & Speed
13 14 15 16
19
Student/Staff Holiday
20
Motion & Speed
21 22 23
26
Motion & Speed
27 28 29 30
Feb. 2
Inclined Planes &
Pulleys
3 4 5 6
9
Cells
10 11 12 13
16
Student Holiday
17
Cells
18 19 20
4th
Six Weeks Planner (33 days)

6. 6.1A-B, 6.2B-E, 6.3A, 6.4A6.8: Force, motion, & energy. The student
knows force & motion are related to potential &
kinetic energy. The student is expected to:
•6.8E: investigate how inclined planes &
pulleys can be used to change the amount of
force to move an object.
TEKS & Student expectations
Content TEKS Skills TEKS
1. What are the state standards for this unit?
2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context
Investigate: to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry
1. What are the state standards for this unit?
2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context
Investigate: to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry

7. CRM 7: TEKS & Acquisition section

8. Teacher Content support
Eureka Inclined Planes: http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=6879
How Elevators and Pulleys Work:
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=21322&CategoryID=1745
NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/
Search Resources & Opportunities: machines
ScienceFusion Grade 6 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 242

9. Vertical alignment
3rd
GRADE
•demonstrate and observe
how position and motion can
be changed by pushing and
pulling objects to show work
being done such as swings,
balls, pulleys, and wagons.
6TH
GRADE
6.8E: investigate how
inclined planes & pulleys can
be used to change the amount
of force to move an object.
7th
GRADE
•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 and without a
ramp, or standing still

10. • Mechanisms can reduce the force or effort
needed to move loads.
• 3.9C: Students demonstrate work using
swings, balls, pulleys, and wagons.
PRIOR LEARNING

11. 2014 MoY II Question: 6.8E

12. Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers
emphasize during lessons?
• Increasing the distance (by ramp length or pulley rope length with
1+ wheels), decreases the amount of force required by the user.

13. Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers
emphasize during lessons?
• Increasing the distance (by ramp length or pulley rope length with
1+ wheels), decreases the amount of force required by the user.

14. Components of a good lesson plan
1. 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
1. Organize and Practice Vocabulary
2. Reading & Comprehension Strategies
3. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds
4. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities
5. Differentiation
6. Formative Assessment & Reteach

15. Embedded in lessons:
Engage Student Interest

16. Embedded in lessons:
Review / Scaffold to TEKS
• ScienceSaurus: Simple Machines p. 288, Inclined
Plane p. 289, Pulley p. 294
• Study Jams Slide Show: Simple Machines
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/scien
ce/forces-and-motion/simple-machines.htm
• BrainPop Video: Inclined Plane
• BrainPop Video: Pulley
• ScienceFusion Unit 4, Lesson 7: Machines Digital
Lesson
• Interactive Demonstration Website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/1
0_11/forces_action.shtml
• Edheads Simple Machines Interactive Website:
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-
machines/frame_loader.htm

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

18. Embedded in lessons:
Organize and Practice Vocabulary

19. Embedded in lessons:
Reading & Comprehension Strategies
• ScienceFusion: So Inclined p. 272
• ScienceFusion: What are the types of pulleys?
p. 271
• ScienceSaurus: Simple Machines p. 288,
Inclined Plane p. 289, Pulley p. 294
• Pulley Reading & Questions
• Reader/Writer/Speaker Response Triads
Students form groups of three. One student
reads the text aloud; one writes the group’s
reactions or responses to questions about
the text, a third reports the answers to the
group. After reporting to the group, the
students switch roles.
• Embedded Active Reading Strategies &
Visualize It!

20. Embedded in lessons:
Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds
• Investigation Conclusions
• STEMScopes (6.8E) Writing Science!
• Journal Entries/Exit Tickets
• What kind of inclined planes do you see in everyday life? What inclined planes do you
use each day?
• What happened when an inclined plane was used to lift a load?
• In your own words, write a paragraph that explains how an inclined plane works to
change the amount of force required to move an object.
• How do inclined planes and pulleys make life easier?
• How do you think the amount of force needed to lift a load would change when a
complex pulley system is used as opposed to when a simple pulley system is used?
• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank, Think/Share/Write, Write/Share/Revise

21. Embedded in lessons:
Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities
___tells me that…
___proves this because…

22. • Special Education:
1. Mixed-Ability Partners
2. Table Structure
3. Sentence Frames
4. Fill-in-the-Blank Notes
5. Anchors of Support
6. Word Bank
• English Language Learners:
1. Mixed-Ability Partners
2. Table Structure
3. Sentence Frames
4. Anchors of Support
5. Word Bank
Embedded in lessons:
Differentiation

23. • ScienceSaurus: Simple Machines p. 288, Inclined Plane
p. 289, Pulley p. 294
• Study Jams Slide Show: Simple Machines
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/f
orces-and-motion/simple-machines.htm
• BrainPop Video: Inclined Plane
• BrainPop Video: Pulley
• ScienceFusion Unit 4, Lesson 7: Machines Digital Lesson
• Interactive Demonstration Website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/for
ces_action.shtml
• Edheads Simple Machines Interactive Website:
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-
machines/frame_loader.htm
• Journal Entries
• Exit Tickets
• Class Discussions
• Investigation Conclusions
• STEMScopes (6.8E) Writing Science!
• BrainPop Video Quizes
• Inclined Planes & Pulleys Quiz
Embedded in lessons:
Formative Assessment & Reteach
Formative Assessment Reteach Opportunities

24. 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.

25. Lower Levels of questions

26. Higher Levels of questions

27. Sample Unit questions
• A sample from this unit using the Daily Guiding Questions.
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate
What is an inclined
plane/pulley?
How can you change
the amount of force
necessary to move
an object?
In what ways do we
use inclined planes
and pulleys to move
objects?
Which pulley would
you choose to use the
least amount of force
to move an object?
How do inclined
planes and pulleys
make life easier?
How would you
improve the design of
the ramp on a moving
truck to decrease the
amount of force
needed to load the
objects?
Would it be better to
use a inclined plane
or a pulley to move a
box onto a loading
dock?

28. Recommended Anchors of Support
• Labeling the Bucket Journal Entry
• Inclined Planes & Pulleys Guided Notes
• Inclined Planes & Pulleys Venn Diagram

29. Anchors of Support
Other 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

31. Academic vocabulary
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