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Lesson 11

This document provides details on a lesson plan about global warming for 6th grade students. The lesson aims to help students understand that greenhouse gases impact Earth's temperature. Students will conduct an experiment using mason jars, one with a thermometer inside and one outside, to track temperature changes over 10 minutes under sunlight. This is meant to demonstrate the greenhouse effect. After the experiment, students will discuss their findings and factors that have led to rising global temperatures in the past century. The teacher will assess students based on their scientific discussions and vocabulary use.

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Lesson 11

This document provides details on a lesson plan about global warming for 6th grade students. The lesson aims to help students understand that greenhouse gases impact Earth's temperature. Students will conduct an experiment using mason jars, one with a thermometer inside and one outside, to track temperature changes over 10 minutes under sunlight. This is meant to demonstrate the greenhouse effect. After the experiment, students will discuss their findings and factors that have led to rising global temperatures in the past century. The teacher will assess students based on their scientific discussions and vocabulary use.

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Global Warming Activity

Author: <p><span style="font­family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font­size: 12pt;">Michaela Callahan</span>
Date created: 11/09/2019 1:31 PM EST ; Date modified: 11/09/2019 2:26 PM EST

VITAL INFORMATION
Total Number of
Students
Area(s) Students
Live In
Free/Reduced
Lunch
Ethnicity of
Students
English Language
Learners
Students with
Special Needs
Subject(s) Science
Topic or Unit of
Global Warming
Study
Grade/Level Grade 6
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KEY CONCEPTS & STANDARDS
Big Idea &
Do greenhouse gasses really make an impact on the temperature of the air around us and how can we stop the spread of greenhouse gasses?
Essential Questions

Students will be able to understand that greenhouse gasses really do make an impact on the temperature of Earth's surface. 
Learning
Students will be able to discuss factors that may lead to global warming.
Outcome(s)
Students will be able to discuss ways to prevent global warming in the future. 

Summary
CA­ Next Generation Science Standards (2014)

Standards Grade: Grade 6
Standard: MS­ESS3­5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

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ASSESSMENTS

I will be assessing as I go. I will be looking to see if students are having scientific discussions about global warming and what it means to them. I
Assessment/Rubricswill be looking to see if students are using scientific vocabulary when they are describing these processes. Students who understand what they are
doing will be able to describe the effects of the investigation and then talk about them during the discussion after the activity. 

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MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

A couple of thermometers
Instructional Mason Jars
Materials Clock or Watch ­ anything to keep track of time
(Handouts, etc.) Sun Lamp or access to a sunny area
Pencil and Paper

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IMPLEMENTATION

Teacher will open up the lesson with a small discussion on what is Global Warming and Greenhouse Gasses.
Students will have a brief discussion on Global Warming and Greenhouse Gasses.
Teacher will then explain what is going to happen and the instructions for how to complete the investigation.
Students will designate one person to each of the following: writer, timer, investigator (thermometer reader), and the task coordinator.
Teacher will ask each person to raise their hand to show who is what for their group.
Teacher will have set all of the materials out already.
Students will set up their investigation according to the instructions. ­place one thermometer inside of the mason jar and one out and begin
Sequence of
their timer. 
Activities
The recorder will write down the starting temperature on their thermometer and the time that they recorded their information. 
Every minute and for ten minutes, the temperature will be recorded with the time that the students recorded that temperature. 
Once the investigation is complete, the students will look at their findings and take not of the changes that took place. 
To end the lesson, the students will discuss out loud with the teacher about their findings and what it means in the real world. 
The teacher will prompt the students to talk about what they can do to prevent global warming. 
The students will also use their findings to discuss factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures in the past.
After the discussion is over, students will clean up and the lesson will be over. 

Grouping Strategies Students will ideally be placed in groups of four but depends on the amount of materials that are available. 

Differentiated For EL students, I will have them group together with students who also speak their native language if applicable so that they can speak in their
Instruction native language. 

Things that I want the students to notice and will prompt if necessary:

The air over the exposed thermometer is constantly changing as it circulates. As it gets warm, it is replaced by cooler air. Because the air in the
jar cannot circulate to the rest of the room, this air stays in the sunlight and gets warmer and warmer. A similar trapping of heat happens in the
Comments Earth’s atmosphere. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the Earth’s surface. The heat radiating from the surface is trapped by
greenhouse gases. Without an atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature would average about 0 degrees Fahrenheit. This warming due to heattrapping
gases is called the “Greenhouse Effect.” Both the atmosphere and the jar allow light to enter, but then trap that energy when it is converted to
heat. They work differently, however, because the jar keeps in the heated air, while the greenhouse gases absorb radiated heat.

REFLECTIONS
Prior to Lesson
Post­Lesson
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