Light_Temp+activities

Light / Temperature activities for our theme called Where Does Your Garden Grow?


 * Light / Temperature / Location: Suzanne


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· Use a temperature probe to detect differences in temperature readings in the classroom such as vinegar before and after baking soda is added to it. Also, see how salt affects the temperature of freezing water. Use the temperature probe to answer the question: How fast will a cup of warm water left cool? Record temperature readings every 30 seconds for 10 minutes. Add an ice cube after the first 2 minutes. Graph the changes in water temperature. · Experiment with plastic baggie mittens containing insulation such as cotton balls, denim, or Styrofoam. Use the probe to compare these insulating properties that can minimize the flow of heat from warmer areas to cooler ones. The better the insulator, the less the temperature will change over a certain time period because it takes longer for the heat to be conducted through the insulator. See Elementary Science with Vernier for more activities like this. · Greenhouses allow gardeners to grow plants in cold weather. Use temperature probes to measure temperatures in a model greenhouse (a covered soil-filled container) and in a control (open soil-filled container) as they are heated by a lamp. Determine the temperature changes for the two containers and make conclusions about the greenhouse effect. See Middle School Science with Vernier for more activities like this. · Design and experiment how color affects the absorption of radiant energy. (Wearing light colored clothing in the summertime keeps you cool because if absorbs less radiant energy from the sun.) · Design an experiment that uses a light sensor to determine if there is a relationship between reflected light and heat absorbed by various colors or materials. Perform the experiment you designed. · Use a light sensor to measure and record light intensity of the actual amount of light received from a light source as the distance is changed. Shine a flashlight on a globe or tilted balloon representing the earth to simulate the sun. Observe the effects of the tilt of the earth’s axis on the amount of radiant energy received at various latitudes on a globe. · Design a cold pack. (Mix water with solid substances such as ammonium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, or potassium chloride.) · Have a contest for who can reach the coldest temperature using water, ice and salt. Who can make the mixture reach the lowest temperature? Use the temperature probe to record and evaluate results. · Teach the class about what you learned. Create a Google document to share with your group. Create a poster, ppt., news story, poem, song, or skit. Justify your choice of presentation to teach the class what you have learned. Invite students from another school that have been studying the same topic to share your document. You can also allow them to add to your document in another color. They can write some peer editing comments. They can collaborate together to come up with a new presentation. · Create a glogster to tell us what you learned. __[] __ · Use a Web 2.0 tool such as a wiki to store your documents and web pages created collaboratively within your group. For example, a wiki created for a science class that is exploring plants would allow small groups of students to each create a page for a different activity in growing plants (soil, light, seed, water, etc.) with an explanation consisting of video and explanatory text. Journal your observations and experiments.

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Chart or describe evidence for STEM Center activities..

Ted's Greenhouse has a plant search data base. You can use the drop downs to specify Plant Categories or Exposure requirements. Also, you can enter any variety or species in the "Search For" box. []

Lakeshore Learning Science Safari: []

BrainPOP Jr. Parts of a Plant for free Promethean board activity: __[] __

This flipchart is used to teach third graders the South Carolina standards on plants: __ [] __

Create a You tube scavenger hunt with flip cameras.

Here is a 3-2-1 Graphic Organizer to use at the end of an activity..[|https://docs0.google.com/document/d/16Tp1lEWKsztr6v0P6FLcafsry_6zc6N9WeHmxsBRWZE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CIGk68IF#]

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