Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration

by: Patrick Brown

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter can be used as a starting point for eliciting elementary teachers’ views of the effective sequencing of science instruction in classroom demonstrations. The lesson is designed to anchor student learning around the following phenomenon: How does energy flow into, out of, or between an air-conditioned house and the outside during a hot summer day if the door to the house is left open? The activity box included is meant to provide a professional development experience and promote job-embedded learning. Teacher background information, safety notes, standards, and assessments are provided. This book selection also includes the Table of Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgments, About the Author, Preface, Introduction, References, and Index.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 11/1/2019Pages 43Stock # PB438X2_6

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