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Students will show growth in acquiring and applying the following traits:
curiosity
confidence in personal ability to explore materials and learn by direct study
inventiveness
perseverance: staying with an investigation over a sustained period of time
appreciation of the value of experience and careful observation
a willingness to work with others and to consider their ideas
a sense of responsibility for actions taken
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. describe temperature verbally in relative terms, using expressions, such as hotter than, colder
than.
2. understand the components of a thermometer and how they indicate overall temperature
ASSESSMENTS
Formative:
1
Discussion participation
Review activities
Observations
Drawings
Summative:
N/A
Closure (5 min.):
4. Clean up and back to desks
2
5. Group Discussion
a. Did your thermometer work like a glass one with a scale?
Student Reflection
How did the lesson go? What was successful? What needs to change or be enhanced. Did students
achieve learning objectives?
3
Thermometer Observations
Name:________________________
In the boxes below draw what your thermometer looked like first inside then outside.
Make sure you show the alcohol level and label the parts of your thermometer: stem,
bulb, and alcohol.