Oz-e-Science: Physics Year 3 [W]

In lessons 1 to 9, students learn about: 

identifying common examples of objects that are hot and explaining how to keep warm
identifying common examples of objects that are cold, explaining and investigating how objects cool down when heat energy leaves them
identifying examples of friction producing heat and explaining how the moving energy of rubbing surfaces together
changes to heat energy. identifying and explaining electric machines that make heat and observing electrical machines producing heat
identifying some chemicals that can cause a burning chemical reaction and explain that burning is a chemical reaction that changes into heat energy
explaining conduction is the movement of heat between surfaces that are touching
observing conduction in different solids
explaining the use of conduction in Indigenous cooking methods
describing how Indigenous Australians cook food on coals
predicting and measuring the temperature of a variety of items
presenting their findings in a graph.

Investigate what we can see in the day and night.
Explain how to keep warm.
Identify common examples of objects that are cold.
Explain how heat energy can move from objects.
Investigate how to cool something down.
Identify examples of friction producing heat.
Explain how the moving energy of rubbing surfaces together,
changes to heat energy.
Identify electric machines that make heat.
Explain how electric machines make heat.
Observe electrical machines producing heat.
Identify some chemicals that can cause a burning chemical reaction.
Explain that burning is a chemical reaction that changes into heat energy.
Explain that conduction is the movement of heat between surfaces that are touching.
Identify conduction in different solids.
Explain how conduction is the transfer of heat in the cooking methods of Indigenous Australians.
Describe how Indigenous Australians cook food on coals.
Explain what temperature is.
Identify how we measure temperature.
Do an experiment to measure the temperature of a variety of items.
Presenting your findings to the class.

Progress Tests
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.

Structured Research Activity
The Structured Research Activity (SRA) for this unit is: Students to measure heat using a thermometer and present their findings in a graph. The SRA takes place over two lessons so students can apply the Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills covered in the unit. Teachers use the Guide to Making Judgements, which is included in the Teaching Guide, to mark the SRA.

End-of-Unit Assessment
The last lesson is the end-of-unit assessment which has a variety of question formats (e.g. label the diagram, circle the correct answer) to assess student mastery of content from the unit. The end-of-unit assessment is in the Teaching Guide. Teachers copy the assessment and distribute to students at testing time.

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