Thermal Energy Heat CER Activity Stations and Worksheet

Use this Heat CER Activity to get kids thinking critically! Review and reinforce conduction, convection, and radiation as students practice data analysis and make claims from evidence!

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In this activity, students will:

• READ a brief passage about a science scenario.
• ANALYZE a simple data table, graph, or picture.
• Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a question related to heat.

Three Ways to Assign!

1. As Stations: Great for getting kids moving around the room! Each of the 11 station cards has a brief description of scenario and a data table, graph, or picture. Students complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for a question at each of the 11 stations.
2. As a Worksheet: Great for individual student practice! Students read a short description of a science scenario and analyze the data to complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for each data set.
3. Digitally: A Google Slides version of this activity is included.

This activity covers the middle school-level concepts of:

• The difference between convection, conduction, and radiation.
• Thermal energy moves until equilibrium is reached.
• Warmer objects will lose thermal energy and cooler objects will gain thermal energy.

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES AN ANSWER KEY.
• Please note that this heat CER activity is not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
• NGSS MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.