CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE Basic Concepts Unlimited Developed by Dr Louis Benjamin. W: C: E:
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE
1a. FOCUSSING 1b. NAMING 2. IDENTIFYING 3. INTERNALISING 5. APPLICATION 6. TRANSFERRING 4. BRIDGING BASIC CONCEPTS TEACHING MODEL BASIC CONCEPTS TEACHING MODEL
Core Conceptual Language Hot /ter/est Cold /er /est Hotness Coldness Warm /er Cool/er (Heat) up (Cool) down High/er ---Medium--- Low/er Boiling Freezing Expand Condense Night Day Big Small Red Blue Cognitive Language Compare Measure Difference between Associate Cause ---- Effect What would happen if? CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE Additional Scientific Language Air Thermometer Energy
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE HOW DOES IT FEEL? WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE?
Temperature is something that we feel. We use the word temperature to describe the hotness or coldness of an object. We use a thermometer to measure temperature. CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE
STEP 1: FOCUSSING AND NAMING
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 2: IDENTIFYING Yes, but how do you know? He is hotHe is cold
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 2: IDENTIFYING What is the temperature of the water in these glasses? WarmCold Hot
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 2: IDENTIFYING How to raise temperature or to lower temperature?
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 2: IDENTIFYING What happens when your body temperature is too high?
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 3: INTERNALIZING Close your eyes and imagine you are …. and now you are … Now explain how you felt before and after you …. and then before and after you …
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 4: BRIDGING hot/warmcold/cool Let’s go outside and find out temperature. Let’s start by looking for things that are hot/warm and then we will look for things that are cold/cool.
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 5: APPLICATION (1) Explain what is happening in these pictures: Use your knowledge of temperature
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 5: APPLICATION (2) Explain what is happening in these pictures: Use your knowledge of temperature
CONCEPT: TEMPERATURE STEP 6: TRANSFER Go home and find things that are hot and cold in temperature