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Meriden Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education:
Technology-facilitated Lesson Plan (Physics Class)*
Teacher:
Frederick Wallace, Another School Program
Class/Level:
High School Science
Lesson Duration:
45 minutes
Objectives (Learning Goals):
Students will learn about Newton’s 2nd
and 3rd Laws.
Students will learn about Potential and Kinetic Energy.
Rationale:
These topics are critical to issues and understanding
of physics.
Technologies Used:
Vernier Software Probes, Logger Pro, Physics
Carts and Track
Other Materials:
Conceptual Physics text and lab manual by Hewitt,
Interactive Lab Demonstrations by Ron Thornton
Learning and Teaching Activities:
I first present the material on the topic and
then set up the lab/demonstrations for the lesson asking students
to predict the graphs that will be generated by the activity.
We then do the activity and discuss the results, sometimes having
to discuss why something didn’t perform the way it should
have.
Evaluation of Learning:
Student learning of these topics have increased
dramatically as demonstrated by classroom discussions and test
scores.
*from Technology
Implementation — End-of-Year Report as of June 30, 2003, compiled
by James Ieronimo, Director
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