April 21-22

Introduction to Force and Motion: Around-the-Room Activity ⚡🏃‍♂️

📅 Completed: April 21-22

Today, students kicked off our Force and Motion unit by participating in an interactive, around-the-room activity to activate their prior knowledge and get familiar with key motion vocabulary. This activity helped students think about important scientific concepts they will study in-depth over the coming weeks.

🧠 What We Did:

1️⃣ Around-the-Room Stations

• Motion vocabulary terms were posted around the classroom and hallway (printed on colorful paper).

• Students worked in groups of 2–3, rotating between stations.

• At each station, students spent 1–2 minutes writing:
  
  

  • What they already knew about the word

  • Examples of the word

  • Pictures representing the concept .
    
    

2️⃣ Group Discussion

• After visiting all stations, the class reviewed each term together.

• Students discussed the examples and definitions they recorded, identifying common understandings and misconceptions.
  
  

3️⃣ Key Vocabulary Introduced
Students were introduced to basic Force and Motion terms (from the Force and Motion Vocabulary presentation ), including:

• Force

• Motion

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Friction

• Gravity
  
  

These terms will form the foundation of the Force and Motion unit (as outlined in the Day 1 Lesson Plan ).

🌟 Why This Matters:

This activity gave students an opportunity to connect prior experiences to new science concepts. It also encouraged collaboration, critical thinking, and laid the groundwork for deeper understanding as we move into experiments, notes, and problem-solving activities about how forces affect the motion of objects.

✅ Great job getting started with Force and Motion! Get ready for hands-on labs and real-world applications coming soon! 🚀⚡✨