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    This lesson plan outlines a demonstration to teach 10th grade physics students about Newton's first law of motion. The demonstration uses a skateboard to show that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force. A second demonstration uses a playing card, coin, and glass to illustrate inertia by showing that quickly removing the card does not affect the coin's motion. Students are assessed based on their ability to explain Newton's first law and provide examples of inertia in daily life. The objectives are for students to understand and communicate Newton's first law and provide representations of inertia through examples.

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    This lesson plan outlines a demonstration to teach 10th grade physics students about Newton's first law of motion. The demonstration uses a skateboard to show that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force. A second demonstration uses a playing card, coin, and glass to illustrate inertia by showing that quickly removing the card does not affect the coin's motion. Students are assessed based on their ability to explain Newton's first law and provide examples of inertia in daily life. The objectives are for students to understand and communicate Newton's first law and provide representations of inertia through examples.

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    This lesson plan outlines a demonstration to teach 10th grade physics students about Newton's first law of motion. The demonstration uses a skateboard to show that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force. A second demonstration uses a playing card, coin, and glass to illustrate inertia by showing that quickly removing the card does not affect the coin's motion. Students are assessed based on their ability to explain Newton's first law and provide examples of inertia in daily life. The objectives are for students to understand and communicate Newton's first law and provide representations of inertia through examples.

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    Wyland Oyama

    Demo Lesson Plan


    10/20/2015
    You Cant Stop Inertia
    Demo type: Initiate Thinking and Illustrating a Concept
    Content Topics: Newtons Laws of Motion
    Target Grade Level: 10th grade
    Specific Subject: Physics
    Standard: Interpret and apply Newtons three laws of motion. (SC.912.P.12.3)

    Objectives:
    1. Students will be able to interpret and verbally communicate in their own
    words Newtons first law of motion (SC.912.P.12.3)
    2. Students will be able to provide representations of inertia through first hand
    examples (SC.912.P.12.3)
    Materials:
    Teaching Aids

    One skateboard
    One glass cup (no specific size or shape but must allow a playing card to rest
    on top of it)
    One playing card
    One quarter

    Procedure:
    1- Introduction: (2 minutes)
    Greet the class and explain, Today we are going to demonstrate some of
    the most prominent laws of physics from one of the most famous
    physicists of all time, Sir Isaac Newton and his three laws of motion.
    2- Demo/Initiate Thinking/Setup: (5 minutes) (Materials: Skateboard)
    Advanced prep: clear an area in the room, a straight line about 7 feet in
    length, where a student can ride a skateboard through without any
    obstacles they might run over or fall into. Clear away any surrounding
    tables or chairs so that if the student slips off the skateboard, they wont
    knock themselves on anything hard that may hurt them.

    Ask for four student volunteers. For optimum safety, ask for one specific
    student that has experience skateboarding or has excellent balance.
    Position the students as follows. Two students are in a straight line with
    about 7 feet between them at opposite ends of the cleared space. One
    student (who already skateboards or has excellent balance) stands on the
    skateboard (wheels down) next to one of the students forming the line.
    The last student is a safety spotter that will be ready to catch the
    skateboarding student if they start to fall (this student will need to travel
    with the skateboarding student through the demonstration as it rolls
    across the floor without hold on to or touching them)
    3- Demo/Initiate Thinking: (1o minutes)
    Have the student who is positioned by the skateboarding student to push
    the skateboarding student to the student on the opposite side of the 7 ft.
    cleared area. That student then stops the skateboarder. Be sure to verify
    the spotting students responsibility for the safety of the skateboarder.
    The spotter must travel with the skateboarder without touching them, but
    must be prepared to catch the skateboarder if they fall of the skateboard.
    Ask the viewing students to explain what is happening during this
    interaction in great detail. (ex- skateboarder is stationary. Student pushes
    skateboarder. Skateboarder begins to roll across floor. Other student stops
    the skateboarder. Movement has ceased)
    Write the steps they have discovered in order on the board. Repeat the
    action of pushing and stopping the skateboarder as necessary to give
    students the opportunity to find more minuet specific steps.
    Tell the students, This is an example of Newtons first law of motion and
    have the class return the room to its original state and allow the
    volunteers to return to their seats.
    4- Review of Demo Applying Newtons First Law: (10 minutes)
    Newtons first law of motion states that every object in a state of uniform
    motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is
    applied to it. Also an object at a state of rest will remain at rest unless an
    external force is applied to it.
    Ask the students where they see this in action with the skateboard
    demonstration (pushing the skateboard, stopping the skateboard)
    Explain that when the skateboard is at rest, it doesnt want to move
    anywhere. It takes an outside force to act upon it to make it move. Also,
    when the skateboard is moving and in a frictionless environment, the
    skateboard will continue to move until an outside force stops it.
    Ask what kinds of forces would cause the skateboarder to slow down
    (Gravity, friction of the bearings)
    This we recognize as essentially Galileo's concept of inertia and this is
    often termed simply the "Law of Inertia".
    5- Demo/Illustrate a concept/setup: (2 minutes)(Materials: cup, playing card,
    and quarter)

    Place the cup on the table right-side-up (in a position where the cup could
    hold a liquid). Lay the playing card flat on top of the opening of the glass.
    Place the quarter on top of the card
    6- Demo/Illustrate a Concept (15 minutes)
    Ask the question With Newtons first law, is there a way to get the
    quarter to the bottom of the cup without touching it, or without tipping the
    card in any direction?
    Solicit responses from students and have them qualify their responses
    with explanations as to why they think thats the case. Do not answer with
    yes or no, just promote thinking. Take about 3 different strategies max
    After taking 3 responses, flick the card on its thin edge as hard as you can
    horizontally. Try to flick the card sideways without hitting the glass with
    your finger. The quarter should simply drop into the glass
    Ask why does this happen? Give students a few tries to guess the
    answer then provide clarification by saying The card is moving so fast
    when I flick it that it doesnt have much effect on the coin at all. This also
    illustrates Newtons first law. The property of inertia)
    Reiterate the concept of inertia by saying, An object at rest will stay at
    rest unless another force acts upon it. In this case, we have moved the
    card so fast that it has little to no effect on the coin. The coin, with its
    inertia, wants to stay in the same place. That is why, when we remove the
    card quickly by flicking it, gravity acts on the coin causing it to fall straight
    down. This is the same theory behind those movies where a waiter pulls
    the tablecloth from a table without disturbing the dishes on it.
    Ask, What would happen if I moved the card slowly? Solicit responses,
    then repeat the demo but move the card slowly instead. Then ask
    students to explain why the coin moved sideways this time. Explain, The
    coin moves with the card because this time, the card is moving slow
    enough to be the outside force acting upon the coin.
    Now say, Ive dropped the coin in a well. The well is so dark that we cant
    see straight to the bottom, but we hear the coin hit the water at the
    bottom of the well. How did it get to the bottom of the well? (Answer:
    gravity pulls it down) Next ask, Well how do we know that the coin
    continues to be pulled by gravity and doesnt stop midway down?
    (Answer: we hear the splash) Further explain by stating, This proves the
    other aspect of inertia that an object in motion will stay in motion unless it
    is affected by an outside force. We can rightfully assume that if we do this
    experiment 100 times, we will hear 100 splashes. Nothing is stopping that
    coin from continuing to fall except for the ground at the bottom.
    7- Conclusion/Conduct a review: (10 minutes)
    Conduct a review by asking:
    We talked about the first of Newtons laws of motion. Can anyone put
    Newtons first law in their own words? (Answer: an object at rest or in
    motion stays at rest or in motion until an outside force acts upon it)

    What is this called? (Answer: Inertia)


    What other physicist and philosopher came up with this word? (Galileo)
    Can I have an example of inertia? (Answers may vary) How about a
    different example from another student? (Answers may vary)
    Assign the students a homework assignment. They are required to write
    down three examples of Newtons first law that they encounter in daily life
    and turn it in tomorrow.

    Assessment:

    1. For objective 1, students interpret the first law of motion on a test using the
    following question: Describe in your own words Newtons first law. T/F
    Newtons first law only applies to an object in motion. If my car stalls out, why
    does it get easier to push to the mechanic after it starts moving? If my car
    stalls out, why is it so hard to get it to move right away?
    2. For objective 2, students provide 3 examples of inertia in a homework
    assignment given to them in the conclusion of class

    Sources:

    http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/1933
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXGH1ZxYGSw
    http://www.metrofamilymagazine.com/July-2012/Simple-Science-ExperimentsNewtons-First-Law-of-Motion/
    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/newt.html
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Tutorial/Newton-s-Laws

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