Thermal Energy: CKSci Teacher Guide
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The Teacher Guide is the driving and unifying component of this unit, Thermal Energy. In this unit, students investigate the phenomenon of thermal energy and how understanding about the flow of thermal energy can lead to the engineering of containers that retain heat well. The subtitle of this unit is How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down? This is a phenomenon that students experience when they compare the heat retaining properties of varying containers. How do things heat up or cool down in an open system? What happens to a substance’s thermal energy in a closed system? Can thinking in terms of substance’s particle help explain the phenomenon of the changes in thermal energy in a system? This unit allows students start asking questions, formulating explanations, setting up and conducting activities and research, and working with classmates to analyze the shared experience and formulate new questions and developing new strategies for answering them.
The Teacher Guide is the driving and unifying component of this unit, Thermal Energy. In this unit, students investigate the phenomenon of thermal energy and how understanding about the flow of thermal energy can lead to the engineering of containers that retain heat well. The subtitle of this unit is How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down? This is a phenomenon that students experience when they compare the heat retaining properties of varying containers. How do things heat up or cool down in an open system? What happens to a substance’s thermal energy in a closed system? Can thinking in terms of substance’s particle help explain the phenomenon of the changes in thermal energy in a system? This unit allows students start asking questions, formulating explanations, setting up and conducting activities and research, and working with classmates to analyze the shared experience and formulate new questions and developing new strategies for answering them.
The Teacher Guide provides comprehensive lessons and lesson plans for an entire unit of study. The Core Knowledge science literacy readings are integrated into the flow of lessons. Included in the Teacher Guide is a wealth of additional resources for each lesson, including a set of presentation slides that are invaluable for use in the classroom. The sequential lessons and activities are the basis of classroom study and integrated into the investigation sequence are the science literacy readings from the Student Reader.
CKSci Middle School is an enhanced republication of the OpenSciEd Middle School project–with a unique, integrated Core Knowledge science literacy component. To learn more about the CKSci Middle School program click here.
Related Components
- Student Reader: focusing on science literacy readings
- Student Procedure Guide: to guide students through activities
- Student Work Pages: consumable worksheets for completing activities
- Online Resources: includes lesson links, pacing guide, and other materials that relate to and extend the lesson
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About CKSci
Core Knowledge Science™ (CKSci) is a comprehensive program covering life science, earth and space science, physical science, and engineering design practices.
CKSci Middle School Student Readers are the student reading components for each of the 18 units in grade levels 6–8. Each is designed to be used in conjunction with the lesson flow in the Teacher Guide. Each offers writings that stress the many aspects of science literacy. The content and presentation in CKSci Student Readers for Grades 6–8 are appropriate for readers in middle schools.
Using CKSci in the Classroom
- For Language Arts: You can also use CKSci to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. Reading in the sciences provides background content knowledge that aids in reading across all disciplines.
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Bundles:
- Thermal Energy Homeschool Set:
1 Student Reader
1 Teacher Guide
1 Student Procedure Guide
1 Student Work Pages
- Thermal Energy Classroom Set:
25 Student Readers
1 Teacher Guide
25 Student Procedure Guide
25 Student Work Page
- Grade 6 Complete Grade-Level Set:
For each of six CKSci titles:
25 Student Readers
1 Teacher Guide
25 Student Procedure Guide
25 Student Work Page
Paperback
11 in. W x 8.5 in. H
380 pages
ISBN: 978-1-68380-782-7
