Things are heating up with this Year 3 Physical Sciences unit plan.

This 8-lesson unit explores heat sources, heat transfer and insulators and conductors through unique hands-on activities and worksheets.

The unit plan package downloads as a zip file and contains the following resources:

1. Unit Guide: includes a scope and sequence, unit overview, lesson plans with associated resources, science experiments, assessments, rubrics, self-reflection templates, suggested resources and tiered vocabulary lists.
2. PowerPoint: provides supplementary information for each lesson, including interactive elements and animations for teaching certain concepts.
3. Displays: a unit banner, heat transfer posters, a KWL display and word wall cards.

The unit includes opportunities for two assessments. The first assesses each student’s ability to plan and conduct a fair test. The second is a design challenge in which students will use their new-found knowledge of insulators to create a product that aims to keep an item cool or warm.