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A concept map for the unit-

A lesson plan developed in DAIT for "heat moves from hot to cold objects" The prompt at the end of the lesson

More from the DAIT meeting- Response cards from Joann Burns that kids can hold up to answer questions about heat transfer, a prompt asking kids to think about heat transfer in a campfire.

A great way to scaffold an essay on heat-

An assignment to make a poster of the layers of Earth From Sarah Hadley, a project about seasons- make sure kids know the scale of this is very very inacurrate

United streaming has a good conduction movie.

Kathy B’s convection demo.

Melting Butter pat lab- instead of the conduction lab. Put a pat of butter on equal length sticks of different materials and stick the other end in boiling water- the butter will melt faster or slower depending on the conductivity of the sticks.

Pop popcorn three ways to demonstrate different types of heat transfer (ie microwave, pot, hot air) or challenge kids to come up with different ways to make popcorn pop.

pg 78 TE motivate and demo

pg 90 (student text) – chapter activity (do it outside)

pg 93 Extend – Density Column - can relate to Earth’s layers Put a balloon over the top of a glass bottle- heat and cool the bottle and the balloon will grow and shrink in response.

Make a hot air balloon made of grocery bag and camp stove.

Also some of the resources on the high school earth science page might be useful and adaptable at Climate, Oceans, Atmosphere

Kids bring in a share a model of the earth

United streaming has a good layers of the earth clip

OOblek(thick cornstarch and water paste) can be used to model the plastic liquid/solid nature of the mantle- put in a ziplock for ease of cleanup [|Ooblek]

Reheated Tomoato soup is a great model of convection and plate tectonics