A teacher sheet explaining the preparation and methodology of the experiment students do as part of Lesson 4.
This activity helps illustrate how heat energy can be created (or absorbed) as part of a chemical reaction.
Understand that cooperation with others depends on shared understanding of social conventions, including turn-taking language, which vary according to the degree of formality
Acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose by observing, collecting and accessing data sets; record the data using appropriate methods including frequency tables and spreadsheets
Identify sources of heat energy and examine how temperature changes when heat energy is transferred from one object to another
Identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates
Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
Use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas
Pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
Measure and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity, and instruments with labelled markings
Follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate
Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
Compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions
Construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns
Use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment
Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment
Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations
Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends
Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings
Reflect on investigations, including whether a test was fair or not
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions
Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations
Use interaction skills, including active listening behaviours and communicate in a clear, coherent manner using a variety of everyday and learned vocabulary and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
Interpret and compare data displays
Consider the elements of fair tests and use formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate, to make and record observations accurately
Describes how adding or removing heat causes a change of state
Communicates in a range of informal and formal contexts by adopting a range of roles in group, classroom, school and community contexts
Describes how digital systems represent and transmit data
Defines problems, describes and follows algorithms to develop solutions
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
Investigates the suitability of natural and processed materials for a range of purposes
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Identifies the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, distinguishes between different forms of English and identifies organisational patterns and features
Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Selects appropriate methods to collect data, and constructs, compares, interprets and evaluates data displays, including tables, picture graphs and column graphs
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths, distances and perimeters in metres, centimetres and millimetres, and measures, compares and records temperatures
Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres
Measures, records, compares and estimates the masses of objects using kilograms and grams
Iinterprets data in tables, dot plots and column graphs
Collects discrete data and constructs graphs using a given scale
Estimates, measures and compares the masses of objects using kilograms and grams
Estimates, measures and compares capacities (internal volumes) using litres, millilitres and volumes using cubic centimetres
Makes and sketches models and nets of three-dimensional objects including prisms and pyramids
Estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres
Performs transformations by combining and splitting two-dimensional shapes
Compares two-dimensional shapes and describes their features
Identifies angles and classifies them by comparing to a right angle
Measures and estimates lengths in metres, centimetres and millimetres
Uses grid maps and directional language to locate positions and follow routes
Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths)
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions including consideration of the elements of fair tests
Use a range of methods including tables and column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends
Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations
Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings
Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations
Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations and use interaction skills, including active listening and clear, coherent communications
Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object
Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity
Interpret and compare data displays