Unit Overview

Day Main Focus Objectives Main Materials National Assessment

Activity Standards
Day Potential Students Identifying Baseball, MS-PS3-1 Pre-
One and Kinetic will be able kinetic and string, Construct Assessment:
Energy to potential worksheet, and Bell work,
construct interpret
and energy in a tennis ball, graphical identify
interpret system displays of potential
graphical data to and kinetic
displays of Baseball describe energy in a
data to Pendulum the system
describe Experiment: relationship
the s of kinetic
Exploring Formative
relationshi energy to
ps of kinetic and the mass Assessment:
kinetic potential of an Notetaking
energy to energy object and sheet
the mass to the
of an speed of
object and an object.
to the
speed of MS-PS3-2
an object. Develop a
model to
Students describe
will be able that when
to describe the
how arrangeme
amounts of nt of
potential objects
energy that interacting
are stored at a
in a system distance
change at changes,
different different
distances. amounts of
potential
Students energy are
will be able stored in
to support the system.
the claim
that when MS-PS3-5
the kinetic Construct,
energy of use, and
an object present
changes, arguments
energy is to support
 transferred the claim
to or from that when
the object. the kinetic
energy of
an object
changes,
energy is
transferred
to or from
the object.

Day The Law of Students Energy Ball Investigation MS-PS3-4 Pre-

Two Conservatio will be able Drop activity: worksheet, Construct, assessment:
n of Energy to support investigate science use, and Bell work,
the claim present
that when the transfer notebook, arguments draw a flow
the kinetic of a tennis meter sticks, to support map of
energy of ball as it tennis balls the claim energy
an object bounces that when being
changes, the kinetic transferred
energy is energy of in a system
transferred an object
to or from changes,
the object. energy is Formative
transferred Assessment:
Students to or from Energy Ball
will be able the object. Drop
to describe participatio
how MS-PS3-2
n
amounts of Develop a
potential model to
energy that describe Summative
are stored that when Assessment:
in a system the Energy ball
change at arrangeme drop
different nt of investigatio
distances. objects
interacting n worksheet
at a
distance
changes,
different
amounts of
potential
energy are
stored in
the system.
Day Temperatur Students Temperature Ball drop MS-PS3-5 Pre-
Thre e will be able particle investigation Construct, assessment:
e to describe model activity, use, and bell work,
what present
temperatur
demonstrati science arguments
what is
e and heat on notebooks, to support temperatur
are. online the claim e?
Temperature temperature that when
Students particle model, group the kinetic Formative
will be able online model notetaking energy of assessment:
to compare an object
sheets notes in
temperatur changes,
e and energy is notebook
kinetic transferred
energy. to or from
the object.

Day Temperatur Students Melting ice Investigation MS-PS3-4 Pre-

Four e will be able cube packet, Plan an assessment:
to experiment: bowls, water, investigatio How do you
determine n to
the investigate ice cubes, determine think a
relationshi the thermometer the thermomet
ps among relationship s, video relationship er measures
energy between s among temperatur
transferred mass and the energy e?
, type of change in transferred,
matter, the type of
kinetic Formative
mass, and matter, the
change in energy mass, and assessment:
the the change Investigatio
average in the n activity
kinetic average participatio
energy of kinetic n
particles as energy of
measured the
by the particles as Summative
temperatur measured assessment:
e of a by the Melting ice
sample. temperatur cubes
e of the investigatio
Students sample. n sheet
will be able
to support MS-PS3-5
the claim Construct,
that when use, and
the kinetic present
energy of arguments
an object to support
changes, the claim
 energy is that when
transferred the kinetic
to or from energy of
the object. an object
changes,
energy is
transferred
to or from
the object.

Day Thermal Students Ice cube ice cubes, zip MS-PS3-5 Pre-
Five Energy will be able insulators lock bags, Construct, assessment:
to support project: cotton balls, use, and what
the claim present
that when investigating aluminum arguments happens to
the kinetic thermal foil, wax to support a liquid
energy of energy paper, the claim when it
an object transfer cardboard, that when heats up?
changes, Styrofoam, the kinetic
energy is newspaper, energy of Formative
being an object
rubber Assessment:
transferred changes,
to or from bands, energy is note taking,
the object. masking transferred ice cube
tape, to or from insulators
Students permanent the object. project
will be able markers, blueprint
to create a MS-PS3-3
project sheet
device that Apply
will scientific Summative
minimize principles Assessment:
thermal to design, insulator ice
energy construct, cube
transfer. and test a project,
device that sheet
either
minimizes
or
maximizes
thermal
energy
transfer.

Day Thermal Students Ice cube ice cubes, zip MS-PS3-5 Pre-
Six Energy will be able insulators lock bags, Construct, assessment:
to support project: cotton balls, use, and bell work,
the claim aluminum present
that when investigating foil, wax arguments review
the kinetic thermal paper, to support project
energy of cardboard, the claim
 an object energy Styrofoam, that when blueprints
changes, transfer newspaper, the kinetic of projects
energy is rubber energy of
being bands, an object
transferred masking changes,
Formative
to or from tape, energy is assessment:
the object. permanent transferred ice cube
markers, to or from insulators
Students project sheet, that object. participatio
will be able study guide. n
to create a MS-PS3-3
device that Apply
will scientific Summative
minimize principles assessment:
thermal to design, Ice cube
energy construct, insulators
transfer. and test a project
device that
either
minimizes
or
maximizes
thermal
energy
transfer.

Day Thermal Students Ice cube ice cubes, zip MS-PS3-5 Formative
Seve Energy will be able insulators lock bags, Construct, assessment:
n to support project cotton balls, use, and ice cube
the claim aluminum present
that when presentation foil, wax arguments insulators
the kinetic : paper, to support participatio
energy of investigating cardboard, the claim n
an object thermal Styrofoam, that when
changes, energy newspaper, the kinetic Summative
energy is transfer rubber energy of assessment:
being bands, an object
Ice cube
transferred masking changes,
to or from tape, energy is insulators
the object. permanent transferred project
markers, to or from
Students project sheet, that object.
will be able study guide,
to create a index cards MS-PS3-3
device that Apply
will scientific
minimize principles
thermal to design,
energy construct,
transfer. and test a
device that
either
minimizes
or
maximizes
thermal
energy
transfer.