What+is+Heat?

What is Heat?

Title: What is heat?

Description: The Students will be able learn what heat is.

Duration: 4hours

Learning Objectives: Students will spend the day learning about heat using thermometers.

Materials: Heat, Smartboard, handheld thermometers,internet access, construction paper (black and white one of each for each group),

Step by Step Procedures: Have students generate questions they have about heat Read aloud Heat Introduce vocabulary and cognitive dictionary. Have students fill in their predictions. Set up experiments with thermometers (place thermometer under black and white paper in the sun and in the shade) Read textbook online www.eharcourtschool.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=0153443065 Review vocabulary and actual meanings Discuss how to use thermometers. Explore using thermometers using the smartboard pages: Writing: Respond to questions on homes, materials, clothing and what it would feel like to sit next to a campfire. Provide students with links to interactive games on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/keeping_warm.shtml assign students to groups based on their strengths and weaknesses explore using thermometers on the smartboard Grade Level(s): 3 Supported Materials: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/keeping_warm.shtml Smartboard Lesson Rubric

Related Standards: Performance Indicator MST4.E.PS4A: Students describe a variety of forms of energy (e.g., heat, chemical, light) and the changes that occur in objects when they interact with those forms of energy. Major Understandings 4.1a Energy exists in various forms: heat, electric, sound, chemical, mechanical, light. Major Understandings 4.1f Heat can be released in many ways, for example, by burning, rubbing (friction), or combining one substance with another. Submitted by: Jennifer Mezzadri