Dance Newton’s Laws

(30pts)

Objective: Create a dance that models Newton's three Laws of Motion

Newton’s three Laws:

1. An object at constant velocity will remain at constant velocity unless it is acted upon by a force.
2. Net force = mass times acceleration
3. A mass that applies a force has an equal and opposite force applied to it.

Dance Newton Awesome Good Good enough Not Good Enough Missing the Beat
Rubric

(30 pts)
5 4 3 2 1

U Performs all of Performs all of Performs all the Performs most 1 of the 3 laws is
s Newton’s Laws leaving Newton’s Laws with 1 stages of Newton’s Newton’s Laws present
i Newton’s out no Key Concepts or 2 Key Concept Three Laws with key
n Laws omission but
omissions.
g maintains concepts
remains.

K Shifts concepts Shifts concepts There are transitions Often difficult for It was very difficult for
n smoothly almost all the smoothly It is usually between concepts. the audience to the audience to
o Key Concepts time. It is easy for the easy for the audience identify Law or identify Law or
All Law and concept
w audience to tell which to tell which Law and concept . concept .
are present
l Law and concept is concept is happening.
e happening and when
d they are changing .
g
Transitions Connections between Connections between There is a connection Connections Laws and Key concepts
e
Laws and their key Laws and their key between the Laws between Laws and seem very
concepts are creative, concepts are clearly and their key key concepts are disconnected. It is very
clearly expressed, and expressed and concepts, but they sometimes hard to difficult to figure out.
appropriate. appropriate. are not always figure out. More
 smooth detail or better
transitions needed.

Using Knowledge
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Movements clearly Movements clearly Movements Movements Movements do not
represents all the Laws represents all the Laws represents all the represents all the represents all the Laws
I
and Laws Laws but not clearly
n And
q video has movements and or
video has movements
u that clearly represents
Movement that clearly represents video has Video has as
i the all key Concepts In
Models the key Concepts In movements that movements that
r the Laws
the Laws represents most of represents less than
i
the key Concepts of half of the key
n
the laws Concepts in the
g
laws

a
n Video is edited to Video is edited to Video clearly shows Video does not Video does not
d maximize increase the dancers and their clearly show the highlight the dancers
understanding understanding and movements dancers or their or their movements
movements
and text or voice-over is
not distracting from
D Any text or voice-over Video lasts less than
the understanding of
e Video adds to the Video lasts 40-45 40 seconds.
the performance.
s understanding of the seconds.
i performance.
g
n video lasts 50-59 video lasts 405-49
i seconds. seconds.
video lasts at least 60
n seconds.
g
Participation/ All group members All group members All group members Not all group Planning and practice
Collaboration participated in both participated in participated in members time was squandered.
 planning and performance but did performance but not performed.
and Time Use performance. not all collaborate in all appear on screen
planning.

Inquiring and Designing

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