Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Building a Thermometer.

Date

November 26th.

Subject/Gra
de Level

Grade 2 Science

Time
Duratio
n

1 hr. 15 min.

Unit

Hot and Cold

Teacher

K. Galbraith

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

2-9: Students will recognize the effects of heating and cooling, and identify methods
for heating and cooling.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Build a device that will show warmer and colder.
2. I can identify ways to change the temperature in a room or building.
3. I know how to handle hot and cold materials.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

What happens when you warm the water with your hands?
What happens when you take away your hands?
What does the water do in the straw?
If we were to use this thermometer to measure the temperature
in this room, where could we put so that the water goes down in
the straw?
If we were to use this thermometer to measure the temperature
in this room, where could we put it so that the water goes up in
the straw?
What are some ways we could make it warmer in the room?
What are some ways we could make it cooler in the room?
What is a thermostat? Can you find the thermostat in our room?

Lab sheet- Materials

Participation.
Working together.
Making a device.

Products/Performan
ces:

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Grade 2 POS
Edmonton Resource.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Lab sheet handouts.

Pop bottles- 16.
Straws 16.
Plasticene
Water
Food Colouring.
Exit Slips.

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Have all materials set out- bagged and ready to go.

Have all hand- outs printed.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Have partners made and printed on the board.
Have work stations ready.
Introduction
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Time
5-8

-The parts of a thermometer,Alcohol, stem, bulb, scale.

-What happens to the alcohol when it gets warmer/ what it gets
colder?
-Grade 5s are here to help the grade 2s.
-Grade 5s how many of you have built a thermometer in grade
2?
-Grade 2s you will welcome the help of the grade 5.
When I am talking what do we do?
What do we do with the materials we arent using? We leave
them until we need them.
When someone else is talking what do we do?

Advance
Organizer/Agenda

Transition to Body

Learning Activity
#1

Grade 5s will help grade 2s construct the thermometer, and

see what happens when you put your hands around it.
Grade 5s will be dismissed, we will do a mini lesson on how we
could use the thermometer to determine the temperature in the
room.
Get students into their partners
-pick up materials.
-find a work station.
-wait for instruction.
Body
Work through predictions and work sheet together.
Circle the materials you have.
-Using Lock and StepHave students work on each procedure in their pairs.
Grade 5s can help grade 2s read the procedures, and help
them understand what they need to do.
Procedures:
This will be repeated until the thermometer is done.

Time

I will be modeling one at the front of the class and walking

around assessing understanding and participation.

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Participation of grade 2s and grade 5s.

Are there good partner ships? Are the grade 2s doing all of the
work?
Have instructions on the board.

Learning Activity
#2

Oral observation and prediction on the hand-out.

Grade 5s will be helping with reading, and following along.
Hold up your thermometers.
Who can tell me what they think the blub is?
Who can tell me what they think the stem is?
Who can tell me what they think the alcohol is?
Is there a scale?

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

10-15 min.

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

So if the water is our alcohol, what do you think will happen to
it when it gets warm? When it cools?
Lets see if youre right! Warm your hands up by rubbing them
together, then hold the bottom of the pop bottle. You might
have to wait a little bit, but keep an eye on the straw or the
stem of your thermometer, what do you notice? Take turns with
their partners.
Grade 5s will be thanked and dismissed.
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#3

Begin lesson for I can identify ways to change the temperature

in a room or building. This will be an oral activity.
Pose key questions.
If we were to use this thermometer to measure the
temperature in this room, where could we put so that
the water goes down in the straw?
If we were to use this thermometer to measure the
temperature in this room, where could we put it so
that the water goes up in the straw?
What are some ways we could make it warmer in the
room?
What are some ways we could make it cooler in the
room?
What is a thermostat? Can you find the thermostat in
our room?
Smart board activity for handling cold and hot
materials- Insulators? What do we wear when its 30
degrees, what do we wear when its 10 degrees, what do
we wear when its -20 degrees?

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities

Closure
What would happen if we took out bottle thermometers
outside? Would the water rise or fall?
Exit slip? One thing I learned, One thing I have a question
about?

Time
5 min.

Students can finish the thermometers they started last class.

Reflections from the

lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe