Unit 3

Lesson 1
What is Motion?

Standard:
3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the
effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Objectives- Day 1
Define Define Speed.

Identify Identify the units of speed.

Categorize Categorize objects in their speed.

Key words

Speed Fast Slow

Unit Kilometer Miles

meter
Starter - Which object can move at highest
speed? Can you explain to me .
Let us watch
video to know
how to consider
objects are fast
or slow.
What Is Speed?
• Speed can be Fast or Slow

• How do we Know if someone is fast or slow?

Let us investigate in the next slide

Let us
investigate
 How long will it take
for the teacher to go
Time to investigate from one end of the
class to another?

Who can walk to the back of the class quickly? How do

we measure if someone is fast or slow ?
Distance i
measurem sa
ent of leng
• To answer this, we have to know: between tw
o points.
th

• How far some one walk (Distance). so let us

measure distance in the class.

• The time, let us measure the time using the

stopwatch.
Outside
Activity
Investigating speed.

Instructions:
• Students will be distributed to
groups.

• Each leader will have a stopwatch.

• Each group member should run

and then record their time.
• Speed is a measure of how
far something travels in a
given amount of time.
or
• Speed is a measure of time to
move a distance.
The units of speed

•Kilometers per hour (Km/h)

•Miles per hour (Mph)

•Meter per seconds (m/sec)

 Guided Practice
Fill in the blanks using the box of the words.
Meters in one second different speed Kilometers in one hour fast

1. Speed can be ______________

Fast and slow .

2. Things move in _________________________.

Different speed
 summary
Tell me what did you understand today.
 Day 2
(Postponed to Week 2)