1 Next Generation State Standard(s): K-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. PS2.A: Forces and Motion • Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions. • Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed up or slow down more quickly. Preschool Standard(s): • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making. Children can explain some ways that technology can be used to solve problems. • Digital Citizenship. Children begin to understand how technology can be used appropriately or inappropriately. ISTE Standard(s): 5.c. Break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving. 5.d. Understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions. Forces and Motion Students will be able to predict and test the force and motion of Coding Critters™ pushing a variety of circular balls with different weights and sizes. Students will be able to explain their findings from the completed tests. Force- Strength or energy caused by a physical action or movement. Motion- Process of moving or being moved. Physicist- A job to understand the relationship between matter and energy in the universe. - Circular objects of different weights (i.e marbles, ping-pong ball, tennis ball, golf ball) - Coding Critters™ for pairs of students - Coding Critters™ Measuring device - Coding Critters™ storybook - Masking tape Set up areas for students to push their different objects with their Coding Critter™. In these areas, teachers place a piece of masking tape down to indicate where the ball will be placed to then be pushed by the Coding Critter™ and a piece of masking tape where the Coding Critter™ will start. A recommendation of eight to twelve inch distance. If you students are at a level to write down their data, make copies of the Forces and Motion worksheet. Lesson Plan Grade: Pre-school Kindergarten Content Objective Language Objective Materials Vocabulary Preparation Stem Career