Droehm Team:
Learning Is a Journey
Quest 4: Gravity
With Text Evidence and Relationship Statements
Q4P1: Gravity Mini Lesson
Google Classroom: NONE
Checkins: After completing the Gravity Formative at the end of the Mini Lesson.
Open this Q4P1: Gravity Mini Lesson Slide Deck.
Important Links:
Slide 4: Phet Model
Slide 12: Weight on Other Planets
Slide 13: Gravity Formative
Show Mrs. Roehm your completed Gravity Formative for a signature.
Q4P2: Gravity Lab Stations
Google Classroom: Open the Q4P2: Gravity Lab Stations Doc.
Checkpoints: After 2 Stations, At the end
Check in with Mrs. Roehm. She will give you feedback on your lab document and give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.
Station 1: Eggselent Egg Drop
1. Read the Big Ideas:
2. Ask your teacher to explain the directions to you.
3. Here is a video of the lab if you are absent. But, if you are in person, don’t just watch the video, actually DO the lab!
4. Answer the lab questions.
Station 2: Momentous Propulsion
1. Read the Big Ideas:
2. Get a ping pong ball and a tennis ball from the bucket in the front of the room. Stay in the front of the room. Do not take the balls to your seat.
3. Hold 2 balls at arms length while holding the ping bong ball directly over top of the tennis ball.
4. Drop the balls at the same time. (Like this - Example Video (this video is with a basketball and tennis ball, but it is the same lab!) - Watch the video if you are confused about what should happen!)
5. Repeat the process with the tennis on top of the ping pong ball.
6. It is important to find all of the balls once you launch them!
7. Answer the lab questions.
Station 3: Helium Balloon
1. Read the Big Ideas:
2. Your challenge is to make a helium balloon hover between the floor and the ceiling.
3. There should be a string and paper clip attached to the balloon.
4. Now, add pieces of index card to the paper clip by poking a hole through the index card with the end of the paper clip.
5. Add and/or remove small pieces of index cards until the balloon hovers in between the ceiling and the floor.
6. Take the index cards off of the paper clip and place them back on the counter. Do NOT throw the index cards on the floor!
7. Answer the lab questions.
Station 4: Gravity Card Sort
1. Read the Big Ideas:
2. Sort each gravity pair into the "Most Gravity" column or the "Least Gravity" column on your sorting mat.
3. Notice that their are 5 pairs of cards. For example, there are two cards that say "#1." Make sure you keep each pair on the same row of the mat.
3. Once all of your cards are sorted on your mat, ask your teacher to check your work.
4. Answer the lab questions.
Q4P3: Gravity Text and Formative
Google Classroom: None
Checkpoints: At the end
1. Read this Gravity Text.
2. Then, complete this Gravity Formative.
3. Look at your answers.
4. Go show Mrs. Roehm your results and tell her which Big Idea provides the most challenge for you.
Q4P4: Reassess
From Your Folder/Binder: Get out your Forces and Motion Learning Target Page.
Reassess only on targets FM.4 (Gravity), SEP7 (Text Evidence), and SEP6 (Relationship Statements).
Show Mrs. Roehm your completed self assessment tell her which target is your biggest strength and which is your biggest challenge (FM4, SEP7, or SEP6). Mrs. Roehm will give you a signature on your Assignment Tracker.