Physical Science Unit: Water Beach Vacation Lesson 16 Beat the Heat MEA Part 3: Analyzing Cooler Data

In this MEA, students will have the opportunity to apply what they learned about describing
the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling. This MEA
is divided into four parts. In part 1, students will develop their hypothesis and receive
information on how to set up the cooler experiment. In part 2, students will be asked to use
ice to test the coolers they designed in Beat the Heat Engineering Design Lessons.
Students will take measurements and collect data on their cooler. In Part 3 of this activity,
students will analyze the data they collected in Part 2 by drawing and interpreting a scaled
bar graph and line graph. Students will participate in a discussion about how to interpret the
data that was collected. Finally, in part 4 they will develop a procedure for selecting the best
cooler to keep water frozen the longest at the beach. In the optional twist, students will
need to take the mass of the cooler into account.

This is a lesson in the Grade 3 Physical Science Unit on Water. This is a themed unit of SaM-1's adventures while on a Beach Vacation.  To see all the lessons in the unit please visit https://www.cpalms.org/page818.aspx.
Resource ID#: 191835 Type: Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson
Rate It!
Feedback?

General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 3
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 20 Minute(s)
Keywords: SaM-1, sam, beach, beach vacation, water, solid, liquid , gas, states of matter, cooler, cool, heat, MEA (Model-Eliciting Activity), MEA , Model-Eliciting Activity, Engineering Design Challenge, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Design , experiment, STEM, condensation, evaporation, ice, freeze, melt, boil, celsius, temperature, mass, volume, properties, graph, line graph, data, bar graph
Instructional Component Type(s): Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson,  Lesson Plan,  Unit/Lesson Sequence, 
Instructional Design Framework(s): Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: CPALMS Physical Science with SaM-1 Lessons

Aligned Standards

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these benchmarks.

Related Resources

Other vetted resources related to this resource.