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May 28, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Milk Matters

milkmattersDownload 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

Grade

Maine Learning Results

Common Core Standards for English and
Mathematics

 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
of water and other materials can change the properties of the materials

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

 

**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
and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

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.

 

 

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.

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