Lesson Title: Canister Thermometers Unit: Hot & Cold Temperatures Subject: Science

Teacher: Christine Ngai Date: Dec.1 Grade Level: 2

SCIENCE INQUIRY
General Learner Expectations
Students will:
2-1 Investigate, with guidance, the nature of things, demonstrating an understanding of procedures followed.
Specific Learner Expectations
Explore and Investigate
● manipulate materials and make observations that are relevant to questions asked.
● carry out simple procedures identified by others.
Reflect and Interpret
● describe what was observed using captioned pictures and oral language.
● describe and explain results (explanations may reflect an early stage of concept development)
Topic D Learning Outcomes:
General Learner Expectations
2-9 Recognize the effects of heating and cooling, and identify methods for heating and cooling.
Specific Learner Expectations
Students will:
1. Describe temperature in relative terms, using expressions, such as hotter than, colder than.
2. Measure temperature in degrees Celsius ( °C).

Overview: Strands:
Create & test the usefulness of their own thermometers & use a real thermometer to verify N/A
their answer.

Learning Objectives: Materials/Resources:

Students will be able to… - Science Journals
- Construct a functioning thermometer - Write up sheets
- Understand that the liquid should rise/fall depending on whether the liquid is - drinking straws
hot or cold. - cold water
- Read a real thermometer to verify whether or not their thermometer is - tubs
accurate. - plastic canisters
- I.e. if their thermometer’s liquid rises/drops so should the mercury - Sticky tack
on the glass thermometer. - red food colouring
- ice
- scissors
- Hot water
- Thermometers
- Rubbing alcohol
- kettle

Introduction:
Review the parts of the thermometer
Today’s challenge is: Create your own thermometer that can tell you whether a tub of water is hot or cold.
Show an exemplar of the thermometer
- Explain the steps to create it
- Explain what to do with it after it’s made. (How to test it)
- Review the sections of the write up.
-Review safety rules when handling the glass thermometers
-review safety rules for handling the thermometer liquid mixture.
-review safety rules for handling the hot water in Container A

Activities:
Students will glue the write up page into their Science journals
Students will gather materials.
Students will create a thermometer
- fill the canister full to the mark with coloured rubbing alcohol & water mixture
- secure the top with lid
- insert a straw - don’t let it hit the bottom
- seal the lid opening for the straw with sticky tack
Test the thermometer: place the thermometer in each tub of water
- Draw & label a diagram of what happens to the red liquid when the thermometer is placed in the tub of water (it either rises or
falls)
- Measure the tub of water with a real thermometer & read & write the temperature of the water
________ degrees C.
As the students make the thermometer circulate & ask guiding questions:
Example: If the thermometer you made didn’t work: how could you change it? What might you need to change? Then, test it again.

Wrap-up/Closure: Exit slip - When placed in a hot tub of water the red liquid should______.When placed in a cold tub of water the red
liquid should______.

Evidence of Learning (Assessment): Adaptations/Differentiated

Participation & creation of thermometer. Instruction:
Activity write up in journals. Simplification of instructions
Exit slip. Use sentence frames.
Word Bank
Modelling of steps
Extensions:
Why do you think the liquid went up
when the thermometer was placed in
the hot water?

Comments/Reflection: