1. Thermal Energy
6th Grade

2. What About Heat?
Do really cold things, like ice cream and snow, have heat?
Discuss with your group members and write your response on your board.
Day 1

4. What is Thermal Energy? Your thermal energy packet says:
All materials are made of tiny particles called molecules.
These molecules are always moving.
The movement of these molecules creates heat.
The amount of heat created depends on how fast the molecules move.
The faster they move, the hotter it will get.
Day 1

5. Thermal (Heat) Energy Packet
Let’s Review!
With your partner:
Share an important fact from your heat energy “wheel”
Go over your answers from the Sharpen Your Skills section
Discuss question #1 (the refrigerator vs. the freezer)
Share the question you selected under Making Connections along with your response
Think about questions you have along the way. We will discuss them as a class. 
Day 2

6. Bill Nye on Heat
Check your response from the last question. Were you correct?
Day 1

7. Melt Off Exploration
Data:

8. Melt Off Exploration (Reflect/Pair/Share)
If you had a dish of ice cream and wanted it to stay a solid, what are some things you could do?

9. Heat on the Move
data

10. Heat on the Move (Reflect/Pair/Share)
What type of materials allowed heat to pass through them easily? Which did not?
If I set a cup of hot cocoa on the table and leave it there for 5 hours, what happens?

11. Demo What kind of chart would your draw to record your data?
Try it on your white board.
Paper Clip #1 #2 #3
Time to Drop (sec.)
Day 1 – Conduction demo – paperclips on wire

12. Demo Think-Pair-Share What caused the paper clips to drop?
Why did they drop in the order they did?
What was going on in the wire?
Was the demonstration an example of conduction, convection, or radiation?
Day 2

13. Add the following definitions to your foldable 
Day 2

14. Conduction Heat is transferred THROUGH molecules
Transfer through contact (objects touching)
Occurs in solids
Day 2

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Day 2

17. Convection Heat transferred through moving gas (air) or liquid (water)
Less dense (warm) rises
More dense (cool) sinks
Day 3

20. Radiation Transfer of heat through waves
Usually includes light – Sun, fire, light bulbs

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23. Back of Foldable
Thermal energy ALWAYS transfers from warmer to cooler objects.
Molecules are always moving.
More thermal energy = faster moving molecules

24. Level 2 Clicker Quiz 4 questions correct – 2

25. Level 3 Clicker Quiz 0 questions correct - 0 4 questions correct – 3

26. Prep for Cold Can Challenge
Define the following terms:
conductor
insulator
reflect
absorb
**add definitions to the bottom of the cold can challenge paper

27. Paper Clip Drop
Paper Clip #1 #2 #3
Time to Drop (sec.)

28. Similarities and Differences Matrix Thermal Energy Transfer
Name:
Hour:
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
How is the thermal (heat) energy transferred or moved from place to place?
In what state of matter does the thermal energy transfer occur?
How do the molecules move during the thermal energy transfer?

29. Similarities and Differences Matrix Thermal Energy Transfer
Name:
Hour:
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
How is the thermal (heat) energy transferred or moved from place to place?
Heat moves through an object.
Molecules only vibrate.
Movement of molecules moves the heat.
Light waves travel and heat up an object
In what state of matter does the thermal energy transfer occur?
Solids
Liquids and Gases
No Matter Needed
How do the molecules move during the thermal energy transfer?
Bump into each other – stay in place
Move around –
warm rises, cool falls
No Matter = no molecules

30. Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfer
Stop and Draw You have three minutes to draw what comes to mind when you think about these two concepts.
Thermal (Heat) Energy
Thermal (Heat) Energy Transfer

31. Radiation Demo
In the summer, what color clothing would you wear if you wanted to remain cooler?
Box covered with white paper
Box covered with black paper
Day 4

32. Thermal Energy Exploration
Review thermal energy exploration