Assessment
Forces
Introduction to Forces
Introduction to Forces
Assessment for learning:
- KWL charts will provide input that the teacher can use to identify misconceptions and areas of interest for students on this topic.
- Kahoot! will provide students with immediate feedback about the prerequisite knowledge required for this unit.
Assessment as learning:
- Students will independently work through free body diagram scenarios before sharing and solving as a class. At this stage, students will determine how their own work differs from the solutions and their peers
Assessment of learning:
- The sharing of these free body diagrams will show the teacher how well the students have understood the concept of the diagrams.
KWL Chart.pdf
Newton's First Law
Newton's First Law
Assessment for learning:
- The minds-on activity will let the teacher find some misconceptions regarding friction.
Assessment as learning:
- Students will independently work through the 6 situations in note and assess how their solutions differ from the shared solutions.
Assessment of learning:
- The teacher will observe the students as they share their solutions to the final three questions to their groups.
Newton's Second Law
Newton's Second Law
Assessment for learning:
- Use personal white boards to determine how well students comprehend the prerequisite skills of creating a free body diagram.
- Identify the students who consistently struggle.
Assessment as learning:
- Students will reflect during the "group" stage of Think-Group-Share and consider their own understanding of identifying and controlling variables.
- Fist-to-Five encourages students to consider their comfort working with the example.
Assessment of learning:
- There is no assessment of learning during this lesson.
Objects in Free Fall
Objects in Free Fall
Assessment for learning:
- The teacher will consider student comprehension when they discuss the slinky demonstration and address misconceptions.
Assessment as learning:
- Students are encouraged to make decisions and work at their own pace to complete the lab.
Assessment of learning:
- The teacher will collect completed lab work and mark them. Marks are specified for each question in the lab below.
Objects in Free Fall Lab.pdf