This document appears to be a science lesson plan on the topic of temperature and conduction. Some key points covered include: - Definitions of conduction, temperature, and different temperature scales such as Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin. - An activity is described where students measure the temperature change over time of water in styrofoam and wax paper cups, demonstrating conduction. - Conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures are practiced. - Additional topics covered are molecular motion and temperature, different types of thermometers, and an optional "Red Light, Green Light" activity related to temperature.

1. • Conduction: The movement of heat from
one molecule to another.
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3. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are
very important and should be recorded in
your science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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4. -Please make notes legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
-Example of indent.
-Skip a line between topics
-Don’t skip pages
-Make visuals clear and well drawn. Please label

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7.  New Area of Focus: Temperature.
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8.  Temperature: The degree of hotness or
coldness of a body or environment.
 Corresponds to its molecular activity.
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9.  Temperature: The degree of hotness or
coldness of a body or environment.
 Corresponds to its molecular activity.
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10. • Which of the pictures below represents hot
and cold on a molecular level?
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A B

11. • Answer: Molecules move faster when hot,
and slower when cold.
Hot Cold
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A B

12. • This is really cold.
– Absolute zero has no molecular motion.
– Never been reached.
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13. • This is really cold.
– Absolute zero has no molecular motion.
– Never been reached.
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Learn more:
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/temps.htm

17. • Which two of the thermometers below
represent units that follow the SI system?
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18. • Which two of the thermometers below
represent units that follow the SI system?
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19.  Temperature:
 -
 -
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20.  Measured in degrees Celsius.
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21.  0 Degrees Celsius is the freezing point of
water.
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22.  0 Degrees Celsius is the freezing point of
water.
 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point.
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23. • When it’s hot, the liquid inside the
thermometer will expand and rise in the
tube.

24. • When it’s hot, the liquid inside the
thermometer will expand and rise in the
tube.

25. • When it’s hot, the liquid inside the
thermometer will expand and rise in the
tube.
– The opposite happens when it is cold.

26. • When it’s hot, the liquid inside the
thermometer will expand and rise in the
tube.
– The opposite happens when it is cold.

27. • Conduction: The movement of heat from
one molecule to another.
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28. • Conduction: The movement of heat from
one molecule to another.
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29. • Conduction: The movement of heat from
one molecule to another.
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30. • Activity sheet available. Temperature and
Conduction.

31. • Please record the following spreadsheet into
your journal. 3 x 16
Minutes Wax Paper Cup Temp (C) Styrofoam Cup Temp (C)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

32. • Activity! Conduction
– Place a styrofoam cup and wax paper cup
into two similar containers.
– Place weights into each cup so the container
cannot float.
– Place thermometers in each cup at the same
place.
– Teacher to pour 100 ml of boiling water into
graduated cylinders and then into container
(not into cup with weights).
• Caution! Water will be very hot.
– Record temperature of each on spreadsheet.

34. • Questions.
– Which cup was the better insulator of heat?
Please use data in your response.
– Please measure the temperature of the water
on the outside of each container?
• Record this temperature in your journal and discuss
your findings? “Where did the heat go?”
– How does this activity demonstrate conduction?

35. • Questions.
– Which cup was the better insulator of heat?
Please use data in your response.

36. • Questions.
– Which cup was the better insulator of heat?
Please use data in your response.
– The styrofoam cup was the better insulator of
heat because it was ____ degrees cooler than
the wax paper cup.

37. • Questions.
– Please measure the temperature of the water
on the outside of each container?
• Record this temperature in your journal and discuss
your findings? “Where did the heat go?”

38. • Questions.
– Please measure the temperature of the water
on the outside of each container?
• Record this temperature in your journal and discuss
your findings? “Where did the heat go?”
– The water on the outside of the wax paper cup
was cooler because the thermal energy was
transferred into the cup through conduction.

39. • Questions.
– How does this activity demonstrate conduction?

40. • Questions.
– How does this activity demonstrate conduction?
– This activity demonstrates conduction because
thermal energy moved through the molecules in
the cup. This evidence in the recorded
temperature changes.

41. • Activity! Please convert 95 degrees
Fahrenheit into degrees Celsius.
– Formula is on the next slide.
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42. • Activity! Please convert 95 degrees
Fahrenheit into degrees Celsius.
– Formula is on the next slide.
“The Fahrenheit
Scale makes me
angry!”
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43. • To convert 95 degrees Fahrenheit
temperatures into Celsius:
– Begin by subtracting 32 from the Fahrenheit
number.
– Divide the answer by 9.
– Then multiply that answer by 5.
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44. 95 - 32 = 63.
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45. 95 - 32 = 63.
Then, 63 divided by 9 = 7
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46. 95 - 32 = 63.
Then, 63 divided by 9 = 7
Finally, 7 times 5 is 35 degrees Celsius.
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47. “Try it again
you hot head”
“Convert 55
degrees
Fahrenheit into
degrees
Celsius.”

48. “Try it again
you hot head”
“Convert 55
degrees
Fahrenheit into
degrees
Celsius.”
Begin by
subtracting 32
from the
Fahrenheit
number (55).

49. “Try it again
you hot head”
“Convert 55
degrees
Fahrenheit into
degrees
Celsius.”
Begin by
subtracting 32
from the
Fahrenheit
number (55).
Divide the
answer by 9.

50. “Try it again
you hot head”
“Convert 55
degrees
Fahrenheit into
degrees
Celsius.”
Begin by
subtracting 32
from the
Fahrenheit
number (55).
Divide the
answer by 9.
Then multiply
that answer by
5.

51. “The answer is
12.7 degrees
Celsius.”

52. “The answer is
12.7 degrees
Celsius.”
“55-32=23,

53. “The answer is
12.7 degrees
Celsius.”
“55-32=23,
23/9 =2.5,

54. “The answer is
12.7 degrees
Celsius.”
“55-32=23,
23/9 =2.5,
2.5 x 5=12.7
degrees C.”

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56. • Because many people have never learned
the metric system.
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57. • Because many people have never learned
the metric system. Please convert 20
Degrees Celsius into Fahrenheit:
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58. • Because many people have never learned
the metric system. Please convert 20
Degrees Celsius into Fahrenheit:
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
by 9.
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59. • Because many people have never learned
the metric system. Please convert 20
Degrees Celsius into Fahrenheit:
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
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60. • Because many people have never learned
the metric system. Please convert 20
Degrees Celsius into Fahrenheit:
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
– Now add 32.
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61. • Answer: 68 Degrees Fahrenheit.
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
(20) by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
– Now add 32.
20 X 9 = 180
180 / 5 = 36
36 +32 = 68
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62. • Answer: 68 Degrees Fahrenheit.
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
(20) by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
– Now add 32.
20 X 9 = 180
180 / 5 = 36
36 +32 = 68
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63. • Answer: 68 Degrees Fahrenheit.
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
(20) by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
– Now add 32.
20 X 9 = 180
180 / 5 = 36
36 +32 = 68
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64. • Answer: 68 Degrees Fahrenheit.
– Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature
(20) by 9.
– Divide the answer by 5.
– Now add 32.
20 X 9 = 180
180 / 5 = 36
36 +32 = 68 F
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65. “Please
convert 30
degrees
Celsius into
degrees
Fahrenheit.”

66. “Please
convert 30
degrees
Celsius into
degrees
Fahrenheit.”
Begin by
multiplying
the Celsius
temperature
by 9.
Divide the
answer by 5.
Now add 32.

67. “Please
convert 30
degrees
Celsius into
degrees
Fahrenheit.”
Begin by
multiplying
the Celsius
temperature
by 9.
Divide the
answer by 5.
Now add 32.

68. “The answer
is 86 Degrees
Fahrenheit.”
30 x 9 / 5 +
32 = 86

69. • What is the temperature in Celsius?

70. • What is the temperature in Celsius?
• 75 – 32 / 9 5 =

71. • What is the temperature in Celsius?
• 75 – 32 / 9 5 = 23.8 degrees Celsius

72. • What is the temperature in Celsius?
• 75 – 32 / 9 5 = 23.8 degrees Celsius

73. • What is the temperature in Celsius?
• 75 – 32 / 9 5 = 23.8 degrees Celsius

74. “To get
Fahrenheit from
Celsius” “You
can also take the
temperature in
Celsius and
multiply by 1.8
and then add 32
degrees.

75. Please convert 35 degrees Celsius into
Fahrenheit.
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76. Please convert 35 degrees Celsius into
Fahrenheit.
35 1.8 + 32 =
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77. Please convert 35 degrees Celsius into
Fahrenheit.
35 1.8 + 32 = 95 F.
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78.  Kelvin Scale: Zero Kelvin is absolute zero
where molecular motion stops. That is the
coldest something can be. (Never been
reached.)
 Water freezes at 273.16K; water boils at
373.16K. K = C + 273.16°
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79.  Kelvin Scale: Zero Kelvin is absolute zero
where molecular motion stops. That is the
coldest something can be. (Never been
reached.)
 Water freezes at 273.16K; water boils at
373.16K. K = C + 273.16°
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80. • Molecular motion stops at zero degrees K.
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81. • Activity! Red Light, Green Light. Except
it’s Zero K, Warm Again.
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82. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light

83. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light
Zero K Warm Again

84. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light
Warm Again Again

85. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light
Zero K Warm Again

86. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light
Warm Again Again

87. • Activity (Optional) Red Light Green Light
Zero K Warm Again
• Students line up in a safe place.
• Teacher creates finish line
• When teachers spins and says Zero K you must
freeze / stop.
• When teacher says Warm Again and spins you
may try and advance to the finish.

88. • Activity! Please record the temperature in
Celsius of the fluid in the three containers.
– Draw picture and record temp next to drawing.
In degrees Celsius.
– Use two different thermometers.
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89. • Activity! Please create the following in your
journal and then set it up at your lab area.
– Record the temp of the warm and then the cold.
Temp____ C Temp____ C Temp____ C

90. • Activity! Please create the following in your
journal and then set it up at your lab area.
– Record the temp of the warm and then the cold.
– Make a prediction, mix, and then find Med. temp.
Temp____ C Temp____ C Temp____ C

91. • Raise your hand when you think you know
the picture beneath the boxes.
– You only get one guess.
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100. “Please
convert 10
degrees
Celsius into
degrees
Fahrenheit.”

101. Begin by
multiplying the
Celsius (10)
temperature
by 9.

102. Begin by
multiplying the
Celsius (10)
temperature
by 9.
Divide the
answer by 5.

103. Begin by
multiplying the
Celsius (10)
temperature
by 9.
Divide the
answer by 5.
Now add 32.

104. Begin by
multiplying the
Celsius (10)
temperature
by 9.
Divide the
answer by 5.
Now add 32.

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your bundled homework package.

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spaces around the following.
– You can also color the sketches and text.

107. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.

108. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.

109. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.

110. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

111. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

112. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

113. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

114. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

115. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

116. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

117. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

118. Magnification:
The act of
expanding
something in
apparent size.
King
Henry
Died
While
Drinking
Chocolate
Milk

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provided in this unit and complete
this worksheet

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