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Keeping Warm In the Cold

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Keeping Warm In the Cold

URL:

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/inquiryinaction/kindergarten/chapter-1/keeping-warm-in-the-cold.html

Content Source:

Other
American Chemical Society

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

In this lesson, students will be able to explain that wearing a coat helps keep you warm because it blocks your body’s heat from moving away from you to where it’s cold. The teacher discusses whether a thick or thin jacket helps students stay warmer in cold weather. Students see a demonstration in which a container with warm water is placed in cold water. The warm water cools down quickly. Students then design and test a “coat” for the container to keep the water warm longer. Students watch an animation explaining why a coat helps keep them warm in the cold.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 1

5 ) Design a solution to a human problem by using materials to imitate how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs (e.g., outerwear imitating animal furs for insulation, gear mimicking tree bark or shells for protection).*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
L4.3: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met. Some interactions are beneficial; others are detrimental to the organism and other organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L4.4: When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.

NAEP Statement::
L4.7: Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that enable them to survive in different environments. Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function

Disciplinary Core Idea: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Use given materials to design a device that imitates how plants and/or animals survive, grow and/or meet their needs.

Teacher Vocabulary:

materials
design
solution
human problem
imitate
external parts
survive
needs
insulation
mimicry
camouflage
protection
ask
plan
imagine
create
improve

Knowledge:

Students know:

How plants use their external parts to survive, grow and meet their needs.
How animals use their external parts to survive, grow and meet their needs.
People can imitate how plants and animals survive and grow to help us solve a human problem.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Design a device that attempts to solve a human problem.
Use materials to imitate external structures of plants and animals.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Organisms, STC
Wild Feet, ETA/hand2mind

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.1.5- Match an environmental situation with an appropriate human action (e.g., wearing a jacket when it is cold; animals growing a thick coat during the winter; wearing protective gear like a turtle has a shell).

Tags:

coat, design, fur, survive, temperature, weather

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

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Keeping Warm In the Cold