This is a complete lesson, including a lesson plan, a 17 slide animated power point, two student note-taking pages and two printable worksheets with answer keys included. This lesson will teach your students how to recognize objects in motion that are changing in position relative to fixed reference points. This lesson is this first lesson in my Force and Motion Comprehensive Three Lesson Unit, so if you have purchased that product, do not buy this lesson, you already have it!

The lesson addresses the following guiding question: “How can you describe an object in motion?” Students will listen to you teach a direct instruction lesson that goes along with a 16 slide animated power point presentation with real pictures to help them fully grasp all of the concepts included in lesson one. The animations are automatic and will require no prep on your part, just begin the presentation, read along, add your own flare and expertise to the lesson and advance to the next slide when you’re ready! (The presentation is no prep, but it will never advance to the next slide until you are ready and you tell it to do so). Students will be taking notes on their pre-made student note-taker that goes along with lesson one, copying down definitions and important concepts as they go. Students will learn how to describe an object in motion without using the word “moving”. Specifically, students must be able to distinguish between objects in motion and fixed reference points so that they can see which object is in motion based on if it is changing position. Students will write a one paragraph summary at the end of this lesson answering the guiding question of this lesson focusing on describing objects that are in motion as “changing position”. There are five printable worksheets that go along with this lesson including a student note taker, a two flap foldable for interactive science notebooks, and two thinking critically response worksheets covering objects in motion and fixed reference points.

- Lesson Plan (editable)

- Student note-taker and lesson summarizer (motion and reference point)

- Lesson foldable for vocabulary terms: motion and reference point

- Objects in motion - critical thinking worksheet

- Motion relative to fixed reference points think and respond worksheet

Your students will gain so much insight from the animations and real pictures in the colorful power point and the learning activities they will find in this hard to find resource made by a veteran science teacher. They will also learn a lot from the printable pages and you will have multiple grading opportunities from this product as well, whether it is from one of the reading comprehension worksheets or center page, student note-taker, or interactive notebook student foldable. I know you and your students will love this product, I guarantee it!

-MrJacksbackpack