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|title= Materials for Insulation
|title= Materials for Insulation
|tagline=A student's lesson plan to have the class test insulators for a cup of coffee.
|tagline=How to insulate a cup of coffee.
|topic= Materials
|topic= Materials
|subject= science, inquiry
|subject= science, inquiry
|resourcenumber= SC006
|resourcenumber= SC006
|age= Primary, year 3 or 4
|age= Primary, year 3 or 4
|content= Here is an outline plan for a commonly-used activity. Discuss the plan as a head start for a class activity. Year 3 or 4 pupils are asked to suggest ways to insulate a cup of coffee. They rank their materials in order of best to worst and then investigate this for real. What advice, if any, would you add to the plan? For example, will the pupils need help to record their results?
|content= Here is an outline plan for a commonly-used activity. Discuss the plan as a head start for a class activity. Year 3 or 4 pupils are asked to suggest ways to insulate a cup of coffee. They rank their materials from best to worst and investigate this for real. What advice, if any, would you add to the plan? For example, will the pupils need help to record their results?
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|image=Insulationcoffee1.png
|image=Insulationcoffee1.png
|Learning Objectives=
|Learning Objectives=
* develop knowledge of everyday materials and their insulating properties;
* Developing knowledge of everyday materials and their insulating properties.
* recognise that some materials are better insulators than others;
* Recognizing that some materials are better insulators than others.
* reinforce skills of hypothesising predicting and investigative ability;
* Reinforcing skills of hypothesising predicting and investigative ability.
* plan and carry out a fair test with help.
* Planning and carrying out a fair test with help.
|additional resources=
|additional resources=
|useful information=
|useful information=

Revision as of 13:59, 27 September 2012

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How to insulate a cup of coffee.

Lesson idea. Here is an outline plan for a commonly-used activity. Discuss the plan as a head start for a class activity. Year 3 or 4 pupils are asked to suggest ways to insulate a cup of coffee. They rank their materials from best to worst and investigate this for real. What advice, if any, would you add to the plan? For example, will the pupils need help to record their results?

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Title Materials for Insulation
Topic
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Learning Objectives
  • Developing knowledge of everyday materials and their insulating properties.
  • Recognizing that some materials are better insulators than others.
  • Reinforcing skills of hypothesising predicting and investigative ability.
  • Planning and carrying out a fair test with help.
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