Keep it warm!

Throughout the past few weeks, you have been

learning about the different states of matter and
how these states of matter can change between
one another. Our water is just not staying warm,
so we need your help to design a model that can
stop water from losing its temperature.

Project Specifications:
All materials will be reusable
Design Brief:
materials brought in from
- In groups of 4, you will home.
be creating a model that
Every group will use the same
can sustain the
size container, holding the
temperature of water. It
same amount of water.
will be tested with hot
water and the aim is to Every group will have to write
keep the water hot for as a summary on why they have
long as possible. chosen these specific
materials.

Presentation:
The students will conduct
Assessment of the their experiment on the
Project same day with a boiled
Students will be kettle, so that the boiling
assessed on the project water begins at the same
temperature. The teacher Time:
specifications.
will be the only person One lesson will be
Was the design made handling the boiling water. designated to
from reusable items
researching and planning
brought in from home?
their models.
Does the design sustain
One lesson will be
the temperature?
creating their models.
Was the short summary
One lesson where the
appropriately written in
models will be tested in
detail?
the experiment.