Module 7: More Changes in Matter-Science 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to describe how heat can be produced, explain the difference between heat and temperature, and explain how heat can move from one object to another. Students will make predictions about what will happen when substances are combined and investigate what happens when different substances are combined. They will also investigate which material will keep liquid the warmest.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Heat and Temperature thermometer or weather app;
2 Combining Substances blocks
salt
water
drinking glass (2)
fruit such as grapes, strawberries, orange slices, or similar (optional)
vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, carrot slices, beans, or similar (optional)
3 Insulation plastic cups (4)
bubble wrap (optional)
aluminum foil (optional)
plastic bags (optional)
newspaper (optional)
cardboard (optional)
fabric (optional)
tape (optional)
rubber bands (optional)
baking pan
ice cubes
water
thermometer
timer

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Heat and Temperature
  1. Describe how heat can be produced.
  2. Explain the difference between heat and temperature.
  3. Explain how heat can move from one object to another.
2 Combining Substances
  1. Make predictions about what will happen when substances are combined.
  2. Investigate what happens when different substances are combined.
3 Insulation
  1. Investigate which material will keep liquid the warmest.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
energy
heat
temperature
combine
substances
mixture
dissolve
insulation
insulator

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Heat and Temperature 6 Tracking Temperatures Assignment
2 Combining Substances 6 Combining Substances Observations Assignment
3 Insulation 6 Keep Your Cup Cozy Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Heat and Temperature After your student completes this lesson, ask your student to describe what heat is, and how to read a thermometer. If possible ask your student to help bake or cook something, such as cookies or pasta and record their observations related to heat as they go through the process of baking or cooking.
2 Combining Substances After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what happens when they combine substances together, including what a mixture is, and what dissolve means.
3 Insulation After completing this lesson, ask your student to share with you examples of good insulators and bad insulators and to explain what makes them good or bad insulators.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Heat and Temperature
  1. How does heat move from one object to another?
Combining Substances
  1. What changes when you combine substances?
Insulation
  1. What is the is insulation?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question
Heat and Temperature Things are Heating Up
  1. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
  2. What are the observations Bianca made about heat?
Combining Substances Combination Situation
  1. What happened when Bianca and Elias combined baking soda with vinegar?
  2. What happened when they combined sugar and water?
Insulation Trying to Stay Warm
  1. What was Bianca's best choice of clothing to keep her warm outside, and why?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 The Energy That Warms Us: A Look at Heat Jennifer Boothroyd 590L
2 Heat and Cold Peter Lafferty
3 What Is Heat Energy? Lynnae D Steinberg 890L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing