Lesson Plan

Does Temperature Affect Dissolving?

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When making sweet tea, why do people dissolve the sugar in hot tea instead of cold tea? The class discusses the previous lab and builds upon it. Working in groups, they design an experiment to determine how temperature affects the dissolving rate of sugar. 

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CCSS: Designed
NGSS: Designed
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Instructional Ideas
  • Complete the demonstration versus showing it as a video; learners engage more with what is happening in the classroom than on a video and teachers can use individuals to assist them with the demonstration
  • Use extend portion as homework
Classroom Considerations
  • Materials needed are easy to gather and should be found in most science classrooms, with exception of candy
  • Part six in a series of nine
  • Lesson connects to the previous lesson in the unit
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Pros
  • Activity is set up in the 5E format
  • Teachers have access to reference materials, activity sheets and keys, and reading passages
Cons
  • None