6th grade B2L3: Energy Transfer and Temperature

6th grade B2L3: Energy
Transfer and
Temperature

QOD

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What is the best example of a
conductor?

A. A wood block
B. A ceramic mug
C. A glass cup
D. A metal bowl

Vocabulary

Mass(Masa)-A measure of how much matter is in
a substance.

Matter(Materia)-Anything that has volume and
mass.

Law of Conservation of Energy (Ley de la
conservación de la energía) - energy can
neither be created nor destroyed - only
converted from one form of energy to another.
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Graphic Organizer
Thermal energy

What it is: A measure of the total energy of the motion of an object's
particles.
How is it different than heat and temperature?
Heat is the thermal energy that is transferred from one place to another.
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of an object's
particles.

What impacts it:
Type of material: Different substances have different properties. Some
substances transfer thermal energy more readily than others, such as cooking
oil while others transfer thermal energy less readily than others, such as
water.
Amount of material: Less thermal energy is needed to raise the temperature
of a smaller volume of material than a larger volume of the same material.
Environment: The environmental surrounding of a material affects the energy
transfer within a substance. In a cold environment more energy is needed to
change the temperature of a material. A hot environment reduces the amount
of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance.

Hook:Draw this data table and write these questions in
your notebook. (skip 2 lines between each questions.

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1. What did you observe during this
activity?
2. Why did the temperature of your skin
increase?

Hook Directions

1. Complete this activity in pairs within your group.

2. Have one person hold the thermometer in his or her fist to
determine the skin temperature of his or her hand. Put the
thermometer down and record the temperature in the data table
below.

3. The same person briskly rubs his or her hands together.

4. The second person readies the thermometer to quickly insert
into one fist of the person rubbing his or her hands.

5. At the end of 20 seconds, quickly place the thermometer
into the same fist as was measured before to determine the
temperature of the hand.

6. Record the temperature reading in the data table and answer
the following questions.

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QOD

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Thermal energy always move from
_____________ to ___________________.

A. Hot to Hot
B. Warmer to cooler
C. Cold to cold
D. Cold to Hot

Explore 1: Materials Matter

Hypothesis:
Variable:

Independent:
Dependent:
Control:

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Explore 1: Materials Matter

Procedure:
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Independent Practice

Part 1:
1.

Use the hints below the pyramid to help you select
the correct word from the word bank.

2.

Place the answer for the hint in the correct
numbered box on the pyramid.

Part 2:
1.

Read the words around each blank and then try to
unscramble the word in bold that should go in the
blank

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QOD

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Which of the following can impact
thermal energy transfer?
A. Room temperature
B. Material type
C. Amount of material
D. All of the above

Open Ended

How do the matter and mass of a substance affect the transfer of energy?

Explore 2 Amounts Matter

Question: How does changing the amount of
the same material affect thermal energy
transfer?

Hypothesis: The more material you have the
longer it will take for thermal energy to
transfer.

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Explore 2: Amounts Matter

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Gimkit

QOD

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Students take three samples of three different liquids, all at the same
temperature, and place the samples into three identical beakers. They place all
three beakers onto the same hot plate. Which of the following observations would
support the idea that the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of
matter, depends on the nature of the matter?
A.

Before heating, the initial masses of the three different liquids were slightly
different.

B.

After turning off the hot plates, all the liquids eventually returned to room
temperature.

C.

Some of the heat from the liquids was transferred to the air around the
beakers.

D.

After the same amount of time, the three samples were at different
temperatures.

Open Ended

How does the amount of matter affect the rate at which the matter changes temperature?

Explore 3: Environment Matters

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Question: How does a change in the environment
affect thermal heat transfer?

Hypothesis: A colder environment will have
slower thermal energy transfer than a warmer
environment.

Explore 3: Environment Matters

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What conclusions can you make about the data
you collected?

Answer the questions together after you
discuss.

Then complete your CER independently.

Discuss with your group:

QOD

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As water gets deeper will the temperature
of the water?
A. Increase (get warmer)
B. Decrease (get colder)
C. Stay the same

Open Ended

What are the effects on the transfer of energy when there is a change in an environment?

Stemscopedia/ Linking Literacy

1. Read the article

through 1 time.

2. On the 2nd read

complete the main
idea paper of the
handout

3. Complete the apply

what you learned
section of the
handout.

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Journal Entry:

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Describe the relationship between
temperature and thermal energy transfer.
What factors contribute to changes in
temperature? How does this change the way
you think about the world?

QOD

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Four cubes of the same size but made of different material were
placed in a hot water bath at a temperature of 100℃ The temperature
of each cube was monitored for 30 minutes. The results are shown on
the graph below.

The cube of which
substance will take the
longest to reach 75℃?
A.

Copper

B.

Steel

C.

Plastic

D.

Glass

CER TEST

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You may use the following:
1.

Notebook

2.

Returned work

3.

Linking literacy work

4.

Sentence frames resource

When you finish:
1.

Work on Flocabulary

2.

Read article on Newsela

3.

Practice content with Blookits/Gimkits
assigned in google classroom

4.

Complete missing/unfinished work

Extra QODs

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QOD 3/2/22

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Which of the following factors contributes to
the most amount of energy required to change
the temperature of a sample of water by 10℃?
A. Source of the sample of water
B. Size of the container holding the sample
C. Initial temperature of the sample
D. The amount of water in the sample

QOD

How do different liquids change temperatures after ice has been added to
them?

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QOD

What factors affect the amount of energy transfer needed to change the
temperature of a matter sample by a given amount?

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QOD

How does thermal energy transfer affect the temperature of
an object?

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QOD

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What factors affect thermal energy
transfer?

A. Amount of material
B. Material composition
C. Surrounding environment
D. All of the above

QOD

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Heat is:
A. How hot something is
B. Absence of cold
C. Average Kinetic energy of an object's

particles

D. The thermal energy that is

transferred from one place to
another.