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Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8I: Heating and cooling

QCA

Language for learning

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words:

  • relating to heat transfer, eg conduction, convection, radiation, insulator, conductor
  • with similar but distinct meanings, eg heat (as energy), temperature
  • relating to scientific enquiry, eg sample size, trial measurements, evaluation, prediction

Through the activities pupils could:

  • organise information in an appropriate sequence
  • show relationships between ideas in writing by using link words, eg so that, and reservation words, eg although, if

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. a. What's the temperature?
2. b. What's the temperature?
3. a. How do things get hotter or colder?
4. b. How do things get hotter or colder?
5. c. How do things get hotter or colder?
6. d. How do things get hotter or colder?
7. e. How do things get hotter or colder?
8. a. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
9. b. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
10. c. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
11. d. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
12. e. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
13. a. How can we reduce energy waste?
14. b. How can we reduce energy waste?
15. Checking progress
16. How can we explain change of state?
17. Reviewing work