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Calories are not tiny creatures that sew your clothes tighter every night, but what are they? A science lesson, presented at multiple levels, has learners experiment with heat, heat transfer, and graph the function over time. It also includes lab instructions and analysis questions.
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Instructional Ideas
- Test different brands of hand warmers for comparison
- Redo the experiment with glass or plastic cups instead of Styrofoam to see how it changes the results
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson builds off the Think Like a Scientist unit
Pros
- Lesson plan is in 5E format
- Provides differentiation strategies
- Offers experiment explanations at a middle school and high school levels
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- None