A Thrilling Roller-Coaster Ride: The Ups and Downs of Learning Force and Motion--A Fifth-Grade Learning Progression

Autor/inn/en	Harshbarger, Dena; Wiechman, Joseph
Titel	A Thrilling Roller-Coaster Ride: The Ups and Downs of Learning Force and Motion--A Fifth-Grade Learning Progression
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 59 (2021) 1, S.77-83 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Elementary School Science; Engineering Education; Physics; Motion; Units of Study; Inquiry; Active Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Ingenieurausbildung; Physik; Bewegungsablauf; Lerneinheit; Aktives Lernen
Abstract	This article describes a force and motion unit that spanned four weeks (50 minutes a day) in a fifth-grade classroom. The inquiry-based learning progression mirrors Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development (1952) because it allowed students to manipulate materials and ideas as they actively constructed and reconstructed their knowledge of motion and stability based upon these experiences with forces and interactions. The learning progression aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, as it enabled the students to plan, design, and test various systems as they applied their knowledge of all three laws of motion and the law of gravity. The learning progression included five parts: (1) dropping singular objects from a fixed height; (2) dropping paired objects from a fixed height; (3) pushing objects and pendulums and applying to PhET Simulations; (4) measuring the distance and speed of objects on a tape measure track; and (5) doing a coin slide activity. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01