Horizontally Launched Projectiles Phenomena-Based Lesson: The Ball Off the Lab Table Teacher Discussion Guide | Physics | Grades 9–12
Horizontally Launched Projectiles Phenomena-Based Lesson: The Ball Off the Lab Table Teacher Discussion Guide | Physics | Grades 9–12
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This is the teacher discussion guide, with lesson flow, facilitation questions, anticipated student ideas and model explanations for leading the class discussion for the Phenomena-Based Lesson in the high school Physics (grades 9–12) chapter Horizontally Launched Projectiles, built around the phenomenon The Ball Off the Lab Table. It is sold separately from the other two parts of the set.
Complete the set: Horizontally Launched Projectiles Phenomena-Based Lesson: The Ball Off the Lab Table Presentation; Horizontally Launched Projectiles Phenomena-Based Lesson: The Ball Off the Lab Table Student Response Sheet. Scaffolded version: Horizontally Launched Projectiles Scaffolded Phenomena-Based Lesson: The Ball Off the Lab Table Teacher Discussion Guide.
Sections: Standards Alignment; Learning Goals; The Case - Read First; The Record - Dated Observations; How To Run The Discussion; Talk Moves For The Teacher; The Record; Word Bank. Sample item: “1. For the 1.00 m row, show both computations in the model: the fall time from the height, and the range from the launch speed and the fall time. Which of the two computations uses the launch speed?”
What's inside: Teacher Discussion Guide (editable .docx + PDF, about 1,910 words, 5 pages).
Standards: HS-PS2-1 — Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.
Resource type: Phenomena-Based Lesson – Teacher Discussion Guide. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.
Classroom use: Open with the phenomenon slide show, let students record ideas on the response sheet, and lead the discussion with the teacher guide. Built for high school Physics, grades 9–12.
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