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From School Library Journal Grade 5-9-The five minute NBC News video Thrill Ride! serves as the hook to generate interest in force and motion in this Event-Based Science Instructional Module. The specifics for using this hands-on interdisciplinary unit are clearly presented in the 33-page teacher's manual which includes standards, outcomes, activities, a performance assessment, and a scoring rubric. This science unit reinforces the idea that an authentic task will create a need for the teams of students to refine their knowledge and explore new concepts and processes. This is a neatly packaged unit where the gathering of basic information and science activities with all of the necessary components has been done. It includes worthwhile suggested activities to incorporate into social studies, math, and English classes. The actual activity has the groups of students designing a thrill ride for an amusement park that demonstrates Newton's three laws of motion. The project is to include preliminary drawings and a model. The "great final activity" proposed is a field trip to an amusement park for a celebration of a physics day. A worthwhile purchase for those schools having a five-week block of time available, a staff that uses interdisciplinary activities, and a science curriculum incorporating the study of force and motion.Allaire George, Logan Middle School, Waterloo, IA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Show students how science applies to everyday life by engaging them in tasks directly related to a real-world event. Each project begins with actual media coverage of an event shown on video prompting students to work in teams and use their scientific knowledge to complete hands-on activities based on a particular topic. The Teacher's Guide includes student activity pages, one or more videos, and helpful teaching tips. Grades 5-8 Teacher's Edition with video