Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 11 · Heat and Energy in the Earth System
Water Holds Heat
Investigating water's high heat capacity and communicating results clearly to a partner group.
- Students will
- Students analyze data to compare how water and sand change temperature, connect water's structure to its ability to hold heat, and communicate results clearly to a partner group.
- SEL skill
- Share results in a way a partner can restate accurately
- What it looks like
- Students practice clear communication by sharing results in a way a partner can restate accurately.
- Content focus
- Water's high heat capacity
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ability to build healthy relationships by communicating clearly, listening closely, cooperating, and handling conflict. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS1-3: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP3 Planning and carrying out investigations
- Crosscutting concept: CCC6 Structure and function
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: WHST.9-10.7 Conduct short and sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 10: Weather and Climate
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 10: States of Matter
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 16: Reaction Energy
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 2: Heat and Energy in the Earth System
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- Chemists Who Collaborate Relationship skillsResearching local chemistry careers in water treatment and agriculture and practicing collaborative information sharing.
- Carbon Capture Design Relationship skillsEvaluating carbon capture solutions and their tradeoffs while building on each other's ideas in a design team.
- Engineering Clean Water Relationship skillsBreaking a water treatment problem into smaller parts as a team and repairing trust when ideas clash.
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