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Lucas-Physical Science B
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Locate and use evidence to support a claim
Cite sources
Explain how thermal energy keeps a house warm
Draw conclusions based on observations
Calculating costs
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that
Will a cup of hot soup cool down faster,
Understand what heat energy is and what
slower, or at an identical rate as a large
temperature is and how they are related
bowl of soup that begins at the same
to the random motion of molecules
temperature?
(kinetic energy).
Why are there 3 different temperature
Understand how a thermometer measures
scales in use today?
temperature.
How is temperature measured? (i.e. how
Understand the definition of heat and the
do thermometers work?)
relationship between heat and thermal
If you fill a cup with warm bathwater, will
energy.
it contain more heat, less heat, or the
There are 3 different temperature scales:
same amount of heat?
experiences
Observe, collect, organize, and
appropriately record data, then
accurately interpret results
Make predictions based on prior
experiences and/or information
Using research skills to locate evidence
to support a claim
Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria
Assessment Evidence
PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
Lab Report
Organization (5 pts.)
Lab Report (Evidence)
o Question is clear (5 pts.)
o Hypothesis is testable and measurable (10 pts.)
o Research (25 pts.)
o Procedure (5 pts.)
o Data/Observations (15 pts.)
o Conclusion (20 pts.)
Sources (10 pts.)
Language/Grammar (5 pts.)
Forms to self assess group and self. These will a separate grade Reflection/Self-Assessment
from the report.
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Participation (bubble thinking map)
ED puzzle
Kahoot
Participation (Thermal Energy Activity)-Daily Reflection
Actively Learn annotations and question responses