Science - 6th Grade

• Bing! Bang! Boom!
  The activities in this lesson will help students better understand heat energy, conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Conduction, Convection, and Radiation: An Introduction
  Teacher demonstrations help students understand heat and the methods of transfer - conduction, convection and radiation.
• Convection Currents
  Convection currents are observed in a container of water on a hot plate and are related to other convection currents.
• Heat – It’s as Easy as ONE, TWO, THREE!
  Students will learn the difference between conduction, convention, and radiation.
• How Hot Is It?
  Heat absorption is compared across white and black paper-lined cups.
• Insulation Experimentation
  This lesson explores conduction, convection, and radiation in respect to insulation, the method of preventing heat from escaping a container or entering a container.
• Insulators
  The insulating properties of four types of spoons are explored. Students then apply their knowledge by designing the perfect hot chocolate cup.
• Introduction to Climate Change
  This is designed to be an introductory lesson to climate change. It covers the importance of the atmosphere, the basics of the “Greenhouse Effect” and an introduction to the human contribution to increased greenhouse gases.
• Red Butte Field Trip - Staying Cool with Albedo
  Students will be able to define what albedo is. The will be able to describe verbally and with a diagram how albedo affects climate, how people affect albedo and how climate affects albedo in the form of a feedback loop.
• TRB 6:6 - Activity 1 - Heat and Color
  Students will conduct an experiment to learn that heat transfer occurs in three different ways: conduction, convection and radiation.
• TRB 6:6 - Activity 2 - Solar Oven
  Students will design two different solar ovens to learn about heat transfer.
• TRB 6:6 - Activity 3 - Too Hot to Handle
  This lesson has students explore both conduction and insulation.
• Was Goldilocks Telling the Truth?
  Students will design an experiment testing the question of whether Goldilocks was telling the truth about the heat retained by the three bowls of porridge.