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|title= Insulating food for meals on wheels
|title= Insulating food for meals on wheels
|tagline=A student's lesson plan to have the class find an insulator for cooked food
|tagline=How to choose an insulator for cooked food.
|topic= Materials
|topic= Materials
|subject= science, inquiry
|subject= science, inquiry
|resourcenumber= SC0007
|resourcenumber= SC007
|age= Primary, year 6
|age= Primary, year 6
|content= In this lesson outline, year 6 pupils are asked to sit in class with their coats on to make a point about insulators. They then test materials to choose an insulator for a meal. Discuss the plan as a class activity idea. Do the lesson objectives match the activity chosen? What advice, if any, would you add to the plan?  
|content= In this lesson outline, year 6 pupils are asked to sit in class with their coats on to make a point about insulators. They then test materials to choose an insulator for a meal. Discuss the plan as a class activity idea. Do the lesson objectives match the activity chosen? What advice, if any, would you add to the plan?  
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|Learning Objectives=
|Learning Objectives=
* some materials are better thermal insulators than others
* Assessing that some materials are better thermal insulators than others.
* turn ideas into a form that can be investigated
* Shaping ideas into a form that can be investigated.
* consider what apparatus and equipment to use
* Considering what apparatus and equipment to use.
|additional resources=
|additional resources=
|useful information=
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Revision as of 14:40, 27 September 2012

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How to choose an insulator for cooked food.

Lesson idea. In this lesson outline, year 6 pupils are asked to sit in class with their coats on to make a point about insulators. They then test materials to choose an insulator for a meal. Discuss the plan as a class activity idea. Do the lesson objectives match the activity chosen? What advice, if any, would you add to the plan?

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Title Insulating food for meals on wheels
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  • Assessing that some materials are better thermal insulators than others.
  • Shaping ideas into a form that can be investigated.
  • Considering what apparatus and equipment to use.
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