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Unit Overview		Name: Maria Vasiliu
Curricular Area: Physics Topic or Theme: Momentum and its Conservation Grade Level:  11 Big Ideas:  Students will be able to show the connection between Newton’s third law and Conservation of Momentum (+ its applications)	Resources:	Checking for Prior Knowledge:
	School book: Merrill My blog Transparencies, Handouts and worksheets Internet others	-understanding the principles of physical motion and Newton’s second and third Laws -velocity -mass -force, vectors
		General adaptations: use bigger font use visual and graphic representations where necessary highlight important concepts/words write with different colors in worksheets or transparencies breaking lesson into smaller segments providing on-going coaching and feed-back concrete examples teaching assistant

Lesson #	Topic	Objectives/Learning Outcomes	Activities	Materials:	Assessment/Criteria
1.	Impulse and change in Momentum	-define momentum and impulse and use the momentum –impulse theorem to calculate changes in momentum	warm-up: Making Predictions and drawing diagram Part1: Pocket Lab: Cart Momentum FYI Questions Transparency-Momentum and Impulse; Examples Physics Classroom-Demonstrations: animated gifs Part2: In-class Practice problems Check for understanding Hw: Research for the real-world applications for Impulse-Momentum change at: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/momentum/U4L1c.html and prepare the next day team project with a subject at their choice	School book: Merrill, handouts, worksheets, Internet, my blog	· students understanding of action-reaction forces and the connection with impulse and Momentum · the ability to solve problems and understand the applications Pair assessment for journal entry: warm-up and for check your understanding Self assessment for In-class assignment
2	The Law of Conservation of Momentum	-recognize the connection between the third law and conservation of momentum; use the definition of a closed, isolated system	Part1: Team Project assigned in the previous day Transparency-Law of Conservation of Momentum Physics Classroom-Demonstrations: animated gifs Part2: In-class Practice problems Check for understanding	School book: Merrill, handouts, worksheets, Internet, my blog	· students understanding of Newton’s third law - crucial for understanding this concept · the ability to solve problems and understand the real-world applications · Team work-criteria developed for the project assigned Self assessment for In-class assignment
3	The Law of Conservation of Momentum: Applications	-recognize real-life situations where the law of conservation of Momentum is applied and solving the problems	warm-up: Jocko- Journal entry Part1: Jigsaw Activity for Practice Problems Part2: Review Problems Check for understanding	School book: Merrill, handouts, worksheets,	· students understanding of the Conservation of Momentum · the ability to solve problems and understand the real-world applications · Team work-Jigsaw
4	The Law of Conservation of Momentum: Demo-Experiment	-recognize real-life situations where the law of conservation of Momentum is applied and solving the problems	Part1: Conducting the experiment Part2: Solving the problems involved in the experiment	School book: Merrill, handouts Lab materials	· students understanding of the Conservation of Momentum · the ability to apply it in the real-life applications