Download This Lesson: Milk Matters
Brief Description: Students will make ice cream or butter so they can observe the process of the liquid changing to a solid.
OBJECTIVES
The students will:
- describe the properties of objects and materials before and after they undergo a change or interaction
- explain that matter has different states and that each state has distinct physical properties
ESTIMATED TEACHING TIME
45-60 minutes
Correlations to State of Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction
ELA = English Language Arts, HE/PE = Health Education and Physical Education, MA = Mathematics, SCI = Science, SS = Social Studies, VPA = Visual and Performing Arts
** Alignment possible only if lesson extension is done
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Maine Learning Results |
Common Core Standards for English and |
3-5 |
SCI D3. Students describe properties of objects and materials before and after they undergo a change or Interaction c. Describe properties of original materials, and the new material(s) formed, to demonstrate that a change has occurred. d. Describe what happens to the temperatures of objects when a warmer object is near a cooler object. e. Describe how the heating and cooling ELA Listening and Speaking: E1. Students apply active listening skills. c. Follow multi-step oral instructions. **E2. Students use active speaking skills to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts. a. Explain ideas clearly and respond to questions with appropriate information. **Writing: B3. Students write to identify and explain a position to an identified audience
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**ELA Speaking & Listening Grade 3: 4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. Grade 4: 4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts Writing: Grade 3: 1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts,supporting a point of view with reasons Grade 4: 1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. Grade 5: 1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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Lesson Extension: ELA – Speaking Activity – Students explain orally what caused the cream to change to butter and compare that process to making ice cream. This could also be done as a writing assignment in which students state their opinion supported by facts/observations. |