EmilyRandall

EEU20511:00
Rationale

ThisunitentitledHeatisdesignedfor3rdgrade.Theunitwill

integratemanyacademicdisciplineswhileteachingstudentsaboutheatwithspecifics

suchastheadditionandremovalofheat.Studentswilldoavarietyofactivitiesto

furtherimprovetheirlearning.Firststudentswillexperiencethroughliterarywork

informationonheatandconstructheatsensitiveslime.Thenstudentswillturnliquidinto

agaswiththeadditionofheat.Nextstudentswillmakeicecreambyturningaliquidinto

asolidwiththeremovalofheat.Thenthestudentswillexplorehowthermalconductors

andinsulatorsworkinaninquiryexperiement.Finallystudentswillreviewwhattheyhad

learnedaboutheat.

AccordingtothePennsylvaniaDepartmentofEducationStandards,(S
tandard

3.2.3.B3E
xploretemperaturechangesthatresultfromtheadditionorremovalofheat.

Standard3.2.3.A3Demonstratehowheatingandcoolingmaycausechangesinthe

propertiesofmaterialsincludingphasechanges.S
tandard3.2.3.A4

Usebasicreactionstodemonstrateobservablechangesinpropertiesofmatter.)the

studentswillbespeakingandlisteningduringdiscussions,applyingprocessknowledge

thatenablesthemtobecomeindependentleadersthroughinquiryanddesign,and

studythedynamicsofheat,whichincludesthestudiesofaddingorremovingheatto

changeobjects.
Whentheunitiscomplete,thestudentswillbeabletodescribeheat,howaddingheat

changesanobject,howremovingheatchangesanobject,howheataffectshow

moleculesmove,andhowthermalconductorsandinsulatorswork.Thiscontentiskey

inastudentsabilitytounderstanding,explore,andexplainthenaturalworldaround

them.