Virginia SOL 1.2.a
The Standard
objects may have straight, circular, spinning, and back-and-forth motions
Virginia Standards of Learning for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students observe how objects move and name the motion pattern. They sort, compare, and demonstrate motions such as moving in a line, turning around, rotating, or swinging.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can watch an object move and correctly describe its motion. The student can also make an object show a named motion and explain how it moved.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse moving around a circle with rotating in one place. They may also call every repeated motion back-and-forth, even when an object is spinning.
How to Assess It
- Give each student a toy car, top, or pendulum. Ask the student to demonstrate one motion and name a different motion shown by a classmate.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with toy cars, tops, balls, and pendulums, then have students move each object and record its motion with a picture.
Show a rolling wheel and a spinning top, then ask students to explain how their motions are alike and different.
Play Motion Charades by calling out a motion for students to act out while classmates identify and describe it.
Observe a swing, ceiling fan, rolling cart, and clock hands, then match each object to a labeled motion card.
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