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TE 1.2: Investigating Hot and Cold

Objective: KWBAT describe the difference between the movement of hot water and cold water by making observations about a food coloring investigation.
Part 1

Part 1: Do Now

Watch the video “A Tale of Two Heating Systems.".” Although the school and students are fictional, it is based on a real-life problem. As you watch, note the differences and similarities between the two systems.
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Read each statement below and decide if you agree or disagree. Categorize the items below.

  • Temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is.
  • When something (like a liquid or solid) heats up, it moves faster, and when something cools down, it moves slower.
  • When something heats up, new energy is created, and when something cools down, energy is destroyed.
  • Hotter things have more energy than colder things.
  • Agree
  • Disagree

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Describe: How are the heating systems similar and how are they different?

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Predict: Which heating system (the water heater or groundwater system) do you think will warm the school more during the winter? Why?

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What information do you think we need to solve this problem? List out all the things you think we need to know to make an educated recommendation.

Sentence Starter:
Something we need to know is....

Part 2

Part 2: Investigating Hot and Cold Things

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Predict: What do you think will happen when the food coloring is added to each cup?
Blue = Cold Water Cup
Red = Hot Water Cup

Watch this video of Food Coloring in Hot and Cold Water. As you watch, notice the movement of the food coloring in both cups. Use your observations to answer the questions below using details from the video.
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How did the food coloring move differently in the hot and cold water?

Sentence Stater:
In the hot water, the food coloring moved....
In the cold water, the food coloring moved...

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(SKIP, DO NOT ANSWER) Why do you think this is so? Explain.

Part 3

Part 3: Introducing One Definition of “Temperature”

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How did the temperature of the water affect the movement of the food coloring?

Part 4

Part 4: Exit Ticket

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Using what you learned in the food coloring activity from today, describe what will happen when cold milk is poured into a cup of hot coffee.

Explain why that happens.

Sentence starter:
When cold milk is poured into a cup of hot coffee.....

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Describe what will happen when hot milk is poured into a cup of cold coffee.

Explain why that happens.

Sentence starter:
When hot milk is poured into a cup of cold coffee.....

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