1	Force & Motion in the Primary Grades: Go For It!! Becky Hicks Blanchard Elementary School Cape Girardeau, MO bshteach@charter.net
2	Force & Motion Make the vocabulary very concrete Bringing concepts down to their level LOTS of hands-on activities
3	Vocabulary Engage the students Mystery Word Make them think “outside the box” Visualizing Vocabulary Practice independently Matching Game Vocabulary can be fun!!
4	Key Concepts for Force & Motion Gravity Push & Pull Friction Force
5	Gravity Identical balls Make a prediction & test Wadded up copy paper & a rock Make a prediction & test Short & simple – but makes a point!
6	Gravity – Real World Test Paper Cup & Pencils How to keep pencils in a paper cup from falling over? Good way to challenge students to be innovative in solving a problem as they deal with the force of gravity!
7	Push & Pull Define words Use Dinah Zike’s foldable
8	Push & Pull Label real world items as push or pull using post-it notes of two different colors. Pink for push Yellow for pull Note some can be both pushed & pulled Record findings in a T-chart or Venn diagram.
9	Understanding Friction Need to make concrete Dragon Racer Fun Very observable Student’s actively involved in the learning process
10	Dragon Racer – Go For It!
11	Force Need to understand – “What is force?” Simple demonstration What happens when you go from sitting to standing at your desk? Force is what moves the chair! Can you stand without exerting force? Probably not!
12	Raceway to Science A controlled force experiment Shows how the amount of force exerted on an object makes a difference in its motion.
13	Simple Machines In the primary grades only two simple machines are studied. Lever Inclined plane
14	Lever What is a lever? A bar that moves on a fixed point to move a weight with less effort. Seesaw Crowbar
15	Seesaw By changing the position of the fulcrum, students see the change in force needed to lift the pennies.
16	Inclined Plane What is an inclined plane? A sloped surface that makes it easier to move a heavy load up or down. Ramp
17	Rice Up! Simple demonstration of how the inclined plane makes lifting easier. Making a rubber band spring scale makes it easy to measure.
18	Force & Motion Kit Currently there is not a good primary kit to teach force and motion to meet GLEs. Creating a kit can be done at a reasonable cost. Materials are easily available.
19	Kit Supplies continued…. Dominoes Identical small balls Post-it notes Cups Cardstock paper Flat rulers Pencils Spring clothespins Sandpaper Marbles Aluminum foil Wax paper Paper clips Rubber bands Rice Copy paper Socks String Identical toy cars Grooved rulers Washers
20	Force & Motion in the Primary Grade
21	Mystery Word
22	Visualizing Vocabulary
23	Matching Game