7.MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design…
Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer.
The Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (2016) outcome 7.MS-PS3-3 (Physical Sciences) for Grade 7 says: “Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (2016).
Hot and Cold: Particles on the Move Grade 6
Why tires go soft in winter, why sidewalks have gaps, and how a thermometer knows. Five lessons on what heating and cooling do to the particles in everything around us.
- Can you keep an ice cube frozen the longest? 60 min, plus a 40-minute wait (teach something else while the ice sits)
A design challenge with insulation, a budget and a class leaderboard. Teams build an ice cube keeper, measure how much melted, and explain why the best designs slow down heat moving in.
Printable practice for 7.MS-PS3-3
These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to 7.MS-PS3-3 is partial.
- Hot and Cold: Particles on the Move workbook included with the unit
3 readings, 2 practice pages, 1 English-support page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Hot Stuff: Heat, Temperature and Cooling workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook included with the unit
2 readings, 1 word wall, 1 practice page, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: MS-PS3-3 (partial).
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