| VARIABLES
MODULE MATRIX |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
EXTENSIONS |
FOSS
SCIENCE STORIES |
TECHNOLOGY/HOME
CONNECTION |
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1. |
SWINGERS |
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Language
Extensions
• Teach peers.
• Make a swinging bulletin board.
• Research pendulum history.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Play an ordered-pairs game—Hurkle.
Music Extension
• Investigate metronomes and rhythms.
Science Extensions
• Investigate linked pendulums.
• Investigate a double-decker pendulum.
• Investigate stringless pendulums. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• What Scientists Do
• Swinging through History |
www.fossweb.com
Check the FOSS website for interactive simulations, to write
questions to a scientist, for teaching tips, and to talk with
other classes using FOSS.
Home/School Connection: Students look for pendulums at home
and make a few pendulum timers with family and friends.
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2. |
LIFEBOATS |
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Language
Extensions
• Tell a sailor’s tale.
• Make a list of boats.
• Research boats and ships .
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Weigh the passengers in the lifeboat.
• Measure displacement volume.
Science Extensions
• Float boats in other seas.
• Make a Cartesian diver. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Sink or Swim?
• Science in the Bathtub |
Home/School
Connection: Students build cork rafts and aluminum-foil boats
to investigate the variables of boat design. |
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3. |
PLANE
SENSE |
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Language
Extensions
• Teach peers.
• Research aviation news.
• Write a flight plan.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Determine speed.
Science Extensions
• Investigate variables with toys.
• Launch balloon rockets. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Airplane Basics
• Experimental Designs
• Great Names in Aviation History
• Build Your Own Paper Airplane |
Home/School
Connection: Students make a paper airplane and work with the
variables to change the way it flies. |
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4. |
FLIPPERS |
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Language
Extensions
• Discuss variables.
• Research catapults.
• Write directions for a flipper game.
• Prepare oral presentations.
• Describe the group experience.
Art Extension
• Design effective presentation posters.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Investigate trajectory.
• Find the angle.
Science Extensions
• Investigate compensating variables.
• Make a coin sorter.
• Conduct a flipper field day.
• Test consumer products. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Flingers
• Prove It! |
Home/School Connection: Students work on their chosen projects
at home.
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