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    This lesson guide outlines an inquiry-based lesson on energy transfer. Students will observe how different objects react to direct and indirect heat through mini-experiments with paper, candles, and balloons. They will write hypotheses and explanations. The goal is to engage students' curiosity and prime them to ask questions before explicit teaching of energy transfer concepts. Later, students will incorporate these concepts into a final project measuring temperature change from a burning marshmallow.

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    This lesson guide outlines an inquiry-based lesson on energy transfer. Students will observe how different objects react to direct and indirect heat through mini-experiments with paper, candles, and balloons. They will write hypotheses and explanations. The goal is to engage students' curiosity and prime them to ask questions before explicit teaching of energy transfer concepts. Later, students will incorporate these concepts into a final project measuring temperature change from a burning marshmallow.

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    This lesson guide outlines an inquiry-based lesson on energy transfer. Students will observe how different objects react to direct and indirect heat through mini-experiments with paper, candles, and balloons. They will write hypotheses and explanations. The goal is to engage students' curiosity and prime them to ask questions before explicit teaching of energy transfer concepts. Later, students will incorporate these concepts into a final project measuring temperature change from a burning marshmallow.

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    Balloon Pop Extravaganza

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    This lesson guide outlines an inquiry-based lesson on energy transfer. Students will observe how different objects react to direct and indirect heat through mini-experiments with paper, candles, and balloons. They will write hypotheses and explanations. The goal is to engage students' curiosity and prime them to ask questions before explicit teaching of energy transfer concepts. Later, students will incorporate these concepts into a final project measuring temperature change from a burning marshmallow.

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    Balloon Pop Extravaganza


    Lesson Guide

    Goal — The goal of this inquiry-based lesson is to engage students’ curiosity and prime them to ask
    questions/provide theories for what they see happening in front of them. Explicit teaching of conduction,
    convection, radiation, potential vs kinetic energy will come later, followed by nal project (calorimeter)
    that will incorporate all of these topics.

    Lesson Question — How do different objects react to direct and indirect contact with heat energy?

    Learning Targets
    I can... write a hypothesis for an experiment I conduct

    I can... attempt to explain the phenomena I see in front of me

    Lesson Sequence
    Intro (mini lecture)

    — Told to students: this unit is on energy transfer, given context of energy transfer + relevance to real
    world, end of the unit we will create a system that transfers energy in marshmallow to another substance
    (the system will be burning a marshmallow under a cup of water, recording temp before and after, then
    adding insulators + conductors to the cup to increase change in temp of water + improve ef ciency)

    Do Now

    Example — how to Write a Hypothesis (coffee example)

    Mini Experiment 1

    **students asked to write hypothesis before each experiment**


    — Burning small strip of paper VS. burning a candle. Students given materials and asked to write a
    hypothesis before they burn each object. This is priming them for understanding potential vs. kinetic
    energy (candle has more potential energy than strip of paper)

    Mini Experiment 2

    — Holding a balloon lled with air over candle VS. holding a water balloon over candle (air balloon
    will pop and water balloon won’t pop because energy is transferred into the cool water inside balloon).
    This is priming them to understand conduction, convection, radiation.

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    Recording our Theories — Class Discussion

    — Students are asked to share their theories as to why the candle continuously burned and the strip of
    paper burned out, and why the air balloon popped over candle and why the water balloon did not.
    Theories are recorded on large sheet of paper at front of room

    

    Final Project

    

    Solving the Mystery of the Balloon Pop Extravaganza

    How do different objects react to direct and indirect contact with heat energy?

    I can… write a hypothesis for an experiment I conduct


    I can… create my own theory to explain the phenomena I see

    Do Now — List at least 4 examples of ways you and/or your family use heat in your day
    to day life in the box below.

    1st Step: Practice Writing Hypotheses


    Example of a testable hypothesis:

    “If I drink a cup of coffee, then I will have more energy, because
    coffee has caffeine in it.”

    Practice Writing Hypotheses


    A) How does paper vs. a candle respond to heat energy?

    • We are going to conduct 2 mini experiment to see how a piece of paper responds to
    re energy compared to how a candle wick responds to re energy.
    • What do you think is going to happen to each and why? Write a hypothesis for both!

    Experiment 1: How does a piece of paper respond to re energy?

    My Hypothesis: If a piece of paper is lit on re, then ____________________________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________.

    What is your reasoning for this?_________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________________

    Was your hypothesis correct? Circle yes or no

    Experiment 2: How does a candle respond to re energy?

    My Hypothesis: If a candle is lit on re, then__________________________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________.

    What is your reasoning for this?_______________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    Was your hypothesis correct? Circle yes or no


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    Practice Writing Hypotheses


    B) How will a ballon vs. a water balloon react to heat energy?

    Experiment 1: air balloon over ame

    My Hypothesis: If ______________________________________________________________

    _________________then__________________________________________________________________

    What is your reasoning for this?_______________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    Was your hypothesis correct? Circle yes or no

    Experiment 2: water balloon over ame

    My Hypothesis: If_____________________________________________________________

    _________________then________________________________________________________________

    What is your reasoning for this?_______________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    Was your hypothesis correct? Circle yes or no

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    5) Write down your observations of what actually happened to the balloon


    lled with air and the balloon lled with water. Explain your reasoning for
    what you saw happening.
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