Overview and Background: Unit: Sports Page

Nicole Gerstner : Cheney USD 268

Science : Science : Physics

Cheney High School : Grades 9 - 12 : day : Aug. - May.

Title:	Sports Page
Topics:	displacement, velocity, and acceleration; fundamental interactions: gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear; kinetic and potential energy
Time Frame:
Start Date:	-
Status:	Draft
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Summary:
Students will analyze Newton's laws and physics concepts in the context of athletic activities.

Print Materials Needed:
Physics: Principles and Problems
Glencoe, 1992

Resources:

Resource Attachments:	http://www.cheney268.com/Science/Gerstner/Sports/SportsUnit.htm
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Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS       Benchmarks 1 & 2
Title:	Science - Physics
Standard(s):	Benchmark 1: The students will understand the relationship between motions and forces. Indicators: The students will understand: 1. The motion of an object can be described in terms of its displacement (position), velocity, and acceleration. 2. Objects change their motion only when a net force is applied. 3. Whenever a system applies force to an object, that object applies a related force to the system that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Benchmark 2: The students will understand the conservation of mass and energy, and that the overall disorder of the universe increases with time. Indicators: The students will understand: 2. Energy may be classified as kinetic, potential, or energy within a field.

Understandings:
user	The underlying principles of sports are directly linked to Newton's Laws and other Physics concepts.

Essential Questions:
user	Can some sports activities be explained using Newton's Laws of Motion? Is there a link between certain sports activities and Physics?

Knowledge and Skills:

K: Newton's three laws of motion
S: Determine & graph the path of a projectile; explain role of gravity on a projectile; describe effects of Newton's Laws on activity; analyze friction, centripetal acceleration, horizontal & vertical motion.

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Students will become sports reporters, creating a sports page using physics concepts to explain sports of their choice. Each student will present their sports story orally to the rest of the class and the written sports page will be distributed and put on the web.

Task/Prompt: Sports Page

Type:Performance Task

Topics: displacement, velocity, and acceleration; fundamental interactions: gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear; kinetic and potential energy

Summary:
Students will analyze Newton's laws and physics concepts in the context of athletic activities.

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Student Directions:
You are a sports reporter assigned to explain the physics behind sports. You will be given ten physics concepts and must thoroughly explain them using sport examples. The written sports story will be displayed on the web and must be typed in a table in Microsoft Word. You will also share your sports story with the rest of the class with an oral presentation.

Unattached Rubric(s)

Rubric: Sports Unit Rubric

Summary:
http://www.cheney268.com/Science/Gerstner/Sports/SportsPageRubric.htm

Rubric: Sports Unit Rubric

Other assessment evidence to be collected:
Process check
	Observe the cooperative groups as they work together and listen to their discussion. Throughout the entire unit, ask the students application type questions. See if they can apply what they are learning when answering the questions. There will be a quiz over the oral presentations and a test over the entire unit.

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

1. Walk in dribbling a basketball- ask someone to explain how it is possible to dribble a ball.
2. Demonstrations using different balls, clubs, etc.
3. Provide handouts explaining requirements, deadlines, rubrics, and helpful hints. Post essential questions.
4. Lecture and notes on Newton's laws and projectile motion.
5. Lab activities demonstrating Newton's Laws.
6. Students will do research on the Internet and experiment outside as they work on their sports story. A chart will be provided with the ten concepts listed to help students organize the information.
7. Students will check their progress against the project rubric.
8. Students will use peer evaluation to offer feedback before their final oral presentations.
9. Students will present their sports story to the rest of the class and combine all stories into a complete sports page.
10. Students will be assessed using the rubric and will complete a self evaluation of their work.
11. A quiz will be given over the oral presentations and a test over the entire unit.