Midterm Project Lee Ann DeHaas

8 th Grade Physics 27 Students General Education Class and Inclusion Class

Students will be able to Identify Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion Understand the law of inertia Determine the force needed to accelerate objects Demonstrate the law of equal and opposite reactions

Q&A Discussion (informal) Exit Slip (informal) Completed Lab Analysis (formal)

Sense Students activate prior knowledge of gravity Meaning Gain meaning through Down Time & Prime Time 2

Launch Do Now: Explain the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces Primacy (Prime time 1) Newton’s Laws notes Down time Stations Lab Recency (Prime time 2) Exit slip: Real life applications of Newton’s Laws

Concrete RandomConcrete Sequential Abstract RandomAbstract Sequential

Visual SMARTBoard Demonstrations Verbal Lecture Skit Mathematical Using formulas Kinesthetic Demonstrations Hands-on Musical Victim of Gravity song Interpersonal Discussion Group work Intrapersonal Independent stations Exit Slip Images courtesy of

SMARTBoard ELMO document camera Computers Calculators

Neurons Responsible for functioning of brain and nervous system Allows students to take in and process information Sensory Input The use of the 5 senses Linked with the thalamus

Frontal Higher-order thinking Problem solving Temporal Music and sound Occipital Visual recognition Parietal Spatial orientation Calculations

Thalamus Sight, sound, touch Hypothalamus Homeostasis Hippocampus Short term memory to long term memory Amygdala Emotions

New Jersey. Department of Education. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. Web. 10 Oct Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. 3rd. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press, MSETRamapo.org. Ramapo College. Web