Course Title: General Science Grade: Eight
Unit: Forces in Fluids
Month Presented: December-January Unit Length (in weeks): Four-Five
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Essential Question (s): What is Pressure and why is it important in my life? How does Fluid Pressure influence everything I do? Why is Pressure something to be concerned about? |
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Learning Objectives: To gain an appreciation of what pressure is and how it works. To understand the relationship between buoyancy and Archimedes Principles. To understand how pressure varies in the Air and the Ocean To understand how a Hydraulic device works To understand how planes can fly |
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Skills: To be able to calculate Pressure. To be able to calculate a Buoyant Force. To be able to calculate and understand Density. To be able to explain Archimedes Principle and the Bernoulli Principle. |
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Instructional Strategies & Activities: Various Teacher Demonstrations Show 2 Films on Pressure, Buoyancy Doing a Pressure Lab Doing Various Worksheets and Text Activities Do an Archimedes Lab Activity Do Density Lab Activity |
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Materials Utilized: Worksheets, and Text, films bottles, barometer, Suction Cups, Plunger, Bat, Salt, tissue paper, eggs, rubber bands Corks, Styrofoam, balloons, balance, weights, buckets, pans, sucker man |
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Assessment Strategies: Checking a series of homework assignments Three to Four quizzes on Unit. Chapter Test. Checking Activity Sheets from Archimedes, and Density Activity Pressure Lab Report |