Lesson Plan: Scalars and Vectors Science • Third Year of Preparatory School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to define physical quantities as scalars or vectors depending on whether they have a direction.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- know that quantities can be scalars or vectors,
- know that a scalar quantity is defined by a magnitude and a unit,
- know some examples of basic scalar quantities: mass, length, and time,
- know that a vector quantity is defined by a magnitude, a unit, and a direction,
- know some examples of basic vector quantities: force, acceleration, velocity, and displacement.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- what distance, speed, and weight are.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- vector arithmetic,
- any calculations,
- any kinematics beyond defining displacement and velocity as vectors.
