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Recognize objects that give off both heat and light, such as a light bulb.
Number: SC.3.P.11.Su.1 Category: Supported
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08 Big Idea: Energy Transfer and Transformations : A. Waves involve a transfer of energy without a transfer of matter.

B. Water and sound waves transfer energy through a material.

C. Light waves can travel through a vacuum and through matter.

Clarification for grades 5-8: The target understanding for Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations, is the Law of Conservation of Energy: Energy is conserved as it transfers from one object to another and from one form to another.

Related Benchmarks

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SC.3.P.11.1: Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.



Related Courses

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5020040: Science - Grade Three
7720040: Access Science Grade 3
5020100: STEM Lab Grade 3


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Lesson Plan

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When Things Start Heating Up: This lesson is intended to give students a general idea of how heat is produced from human-based activities and mechanical and electrical machines. The lesson provides activities for student understanding as to how and why heat is produced from things that give off light, from machines, or when one thing is rubbed against another.

Unit/Lesson Sequence

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Don't Marry the Mole! (Sun as an Energy Source): Students conduct a series of activities to better understand solar energy and the broader concept of the sun as an energy source. Some of the activities include: observing how heat energy blows up a balloon, launching a solar air balloon, and making a solar oven.


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Unit/Lesson Sequence

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Don't Marry the Mole! (Sun as an Energy Source): Students conduct a series of activities to better understand solar energy and the broader concept of the sun as an energy source. Some of the activities include: observing how heat energy blows up a balloon, launching a solar air balloon, and making a solar oven.