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Newton's First Law - Inertia

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This lesson introduces the first law of motion to students through inquiry and total physical response. Materials needed are Short videos of first-law examples, with no labels or explanations, Pictures of the first law, with no labels or explanations (for teacher and one copy for each student), Markers, pencils, or colored pencils, Chart paper per group, Recording Devices for student groups, To share videos create a shared drive for students to upload videos
*If students have limited access to technology have them create posters instead of videos

Agenda (60 mins): (teacher-only agenda in slides)
Student Agenda: Investigating the first law of Newton through pictures.
Group conclusions
How the laws can be demonstrated through our motions (TPR)
Video/poster
Share and present

Lesson Grade Level

7th Grade 8th Grade

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