Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate: Amanda Johns and Erica Lis Date:

Group Size: 17 Allotted Time: 25 minutes Grade Level: 3rd

Subject or Topic: Newton’s Three Laws of Motion - Matter and Motion Unit

Common Core/PA Standard(s):

3.2.3.B1 - Explain how movement can be described in many ways.

3.2.3.B2 - Explore energy’s ability to cause motion or create change.

S4.C.3.1 - Identify and describe different types of force and motion resulting from these
forces, or the effect of the interaction between force and motion

S4.C.3.1.1 - Describe changes in motion caused by forces (e.g. pushes or pulls, gravity,
friction)
Learning Targets/Objectives:
Students will be able to apply Newton’s 1st Law of Motion and identify if an object has Inertia
of Rest or Inertia of Motion.

Assessment Approaches: Evidence:

1. Observational 1. The teacher will watch students
performing the activity and monitor
their involvement in class.

2. Investigation Form 2. If students participate in the activity

they will receive full points, they do
not have to get the answers correct
because they are predictions and
experiments.

3. Formative Assessment 3. Students will answer questions about

the topic on a Google Form
Assessment Scale:
Formative Assessment Grade
5 points - student answered all 5 questions correctly
4 points - student answered 4 of the 5 questions correctly
3 points - student answered 3 of the 5 question correctly
2 points - student answered 2 of the 5 questions correctly
1 point - student answered 1 of the 5 questions correctly
0 points - student answered none of the questions correctly
Subject Matter/Content: Science - Force and Motion
Prerequisites: What is a force?, Push and Pull, Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Key Vocabulary:
Sir Issac Newton - a scientist from the 1600’s that discovered the 3 basic laws of motion
Newton’s First Law - An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion
with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
Inertia - tendency of a body to resist a change in motion or rest
Inertia of Rest - tendency for an object to stay at rest
Inertia of Motion - tendency for an object to stay in motion
Content/Facts:
● Sir Issac Newton was a scientist from the 1600’s that discovered gravity among many
other things
● He developed the three laws of motion that we use today
● Inertia is the tendency to stay the way you are, either moving or still
● Inertia has two types Inertia of Rest and Inertia of Motion

Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
“Has anyone ever wondered why things fall down? Or why things move the way they
do? A long time ago in the 1600’s a young man named Issac Newton also wondered
about these concepts. Today we are going to learn about him and one of the Laws of
Motion he discovered and developed.”

Development/Teaching Approaches:
Teacher will play a video about Sir Issac Newton.
“What was one thing you heard from the video?” The teacher will allow students to
share some of the things they heard in the video as a review.

“Now that we have learned a little about who Sir Issac Newton was, let's talk about his
Laws of Motion. Sir Isaac Newton developed three different ideas that are still used by
scientists today. The First Law we are going to learn about is the Law of Inertia. Inertia
is the tendency of a body to resist a change in motion or rest. This means if something
is standing still, it will want to remain still until a force acts upon it.” The teacher
gestures and references something sitting on the table that is not moving. “Who
remembers what causes an object to move, balanced or unbalanced forces ?” Allow the
students to respond. “Yes, unbalanced forces will cause an object to move. Right now,
this book is just sitting on my table, it's not moving anywhere because the forces
acting on it are balanced. But if I push it, it will move because I made the forces
unbalanced. All objects have one of two kinds of inertia. There is the Inertia of Rest,
where an object sitting still will continue to sit still until a force acts upon it. Then there
is the Inertia of Motion, where an object moving will continue to move until stopped
by an unbalanced force.”

“Today we are going to do an experiment about Newton’s first law of motion. Open
your Webquest and find the investigation sheet.” The students will open the google form
to use as they conduct the experiment. They will receive one solo cup, a notecard, and a
penny. They will place the notecard on top of the cup and place the penny on the card.
“What kind of Inertia do these objects have right now? Put your guess in the
Investigation form.” Students will guess on the form. “Right now all of the objects here
have Inertia of Rest. They are not moving and will not move until acted upon by an
unbalanced force. I want you to guess what will happen to the penny if you quickly
pull the notecard off of the cup. Put your guess onto the investigation form .” Students
will make their guess.
Teacher will then have everyone pull the index card back quickly and observe what happened
to the penny. They will have an opportunity to share their results.
Then they will guess which force caused the penny to fall. They will not have yet learned the
name of the force, this is a pre-assessment for a future lesson.
“The Inertia of Rest of the penny was overcome by a force called gravity, which we will
learn about more in a few days. Why didn’t the penny continue to fall forever?
Newton’s law of motion said that any object in motion will continue to stay in motion
until..?” Allow responses. Students can repeat the experiment as many times as they would
like.
Students will then be asked to complete the rest of the questions on the form and then
submit.

Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
“Today you learned the basics of Newton’s First Law of Motion. Any object at rest will
stay at rest and any object in motion will stay in motion until the object is acted upon
by an unbalanced force. Tomorrow we will learn about Newton’s Second Law of
Motion”

Accommodations/Differentiation:
The students don’t have to type anything to prevent a typing deficiency from preventing
inclouseing in the activity.
Students with IEPs will have their Aides in the room and will have access to any materials
given to them by OT.
Students will have their own computers and experiment materials to be Covid safe.

Materials/Resources:
Betts, J. (n.d.). Examples of Inertia. Retrieved January 21, 2021, from
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-inertia.html
Biographies for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2021, from
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/isaac_newton.php

Newton Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMy-F8Llpg

Google form - https://forms.gle/Dop5tkHXoTqJXinJ6
Solo cups, Index Cards, Pennies
Webquest

Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels

Remediation Plan (if applicable)

Personal Reflection Questions

Additional reflection/thoughts