Grow Up Great
Note: You will need to search the Internet for an image of Time Transfixed by René Magritte
Note: Prior to beginning the lesson, cover the tables with the butcher paper. Make paint pads by taping the felt to the inside of the bottom of the trays. Saturate the felt with the watered down paint.
Motion means moving, and it is caused by a force. A force can be a push or pull that causes something to move. Motion cannot be changed unless a force is acted upon it. The physical pushing of the vehicles across the paper is the force that makes the vehicles move. Additionally, once a toy vehicle is pushed across the paper and released, the force that would cause it to stop would be gravity.
These lessons are aligned with the Common Core State Standards ("CCSS"). The CCSS provide a consistent, clear understanding of the concepts and skills children are expected to learn and guide teachers to provide their students with opportunities to gain these important skills and foundational knowledge.**
Motion means moving, and it is caused by a force. A force can be a push or pull that causes something to move. Motion cannot be changed unless a force is acted upon it. The physical pushing of the vehicles across the paper is the force that makes the vehicles move. Additionally, once a toy vehicle is pushed across the paper and released, the force that would cause it to stop would be gravity.
René Magritte was an artist who painted surreal, thought-provoking images. As in the painting, Time Transfixed, his paintings solicited unsettling thoughts. The train emerging from the fireplace causes the viewer to pause as if mesmerized by the image. The surreal images that Magritte presented in his artwork confirm his opinion that everything that can be seen is hiding something else. This statement is evident in perhaps one of his most recognizable paintings, The Son of Man, which is a self-portrait of Magritte wearing a dark suit and bowler’s hat with his face hidden by a green apple.
- Ink pads can be used in place of the felt-taped trays of paint.
- Have the children wear smocks to protect their clothing.
- Forces Make Things Move (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Maisy’s Book of Things That Go: A Maisy First Science Book by Lucy Cousins
- Move It! Motion Forces, and You (Primary Physical Science) by Adrienne Mason
- Push and Pull (Rookie Read-About Science) by Patricia J. Murphy
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There are currently no Common Core Standards for pre-k, but these lessons are aligned as closely as possible to capture the requirements and meet the goals of Common Core Standards. However, these lessons were neither reviewed or approved by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices or the Council of Chief State School Officers, which together are the owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards.
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