Keeping Warm

Recognise that temperature is a measure of how hot or cold objects are; identify some materials that are good thermal insulators and some every day uses of these; recognise that the same materials keep cold objects cold and keep warn objects warn

Teacher background knowledge

QCA/DfES schemes of work for this unit. Learning objectives / outcomes, vocabulary, resources and suggested activities.

Support materials for this QCA unit. Available as a word document from the 4S (Surrey) website. Still there, but you need to register first.  It is free to register and you'll be able to access some other very useful resources.

Key knowledge and progression of ideas. Selected pages from the 4S document above. Very valuable for teachers developing thinking skills in science (Word)

A table of measurements. How well different materials conduct heat

Teacher's TV  What is the best way to insulate a cup of tea?   Exemplification of the use of ICT.  Worth watching 

Teaching sites

BBC science clip Brilliant for use on interactive whiteboard / data projector too.

Virtual Experiments 3 & 4 e -learning available online for LGfL users

What clothes to pack ? A useful BBC site. Clothing, fabrics and insulation

Different clothes for different weather

Science Essentials Web pages from the Channel 4 site deal with this unit.

Haringey Heat Map  Just type in a post code and compare heat loss from the buildings in the area

Video Clips

BBC Learning Zone  There are some excellent clips to use in the classroom linked to this topic

Web Quest

Extreme Temperatures An excellent resource to use in the classroom.  Teachers need to familiarise themselves with how a web quest is designed to fit in with their classroom provision before introducing it to their children, so a visit to the Home page is recommended

Use ICT in teaching

Talent guidance Look at Lewisham's guidance on ICT activities for this QCA science unit in their Year 4 listing

Loan Data - logging equipment from the PDC and measure temperature electronically (find out more)

Hot potatoes Using a data logger to compare the efficiency of wrappings around baked potatoes.

Which material is best to insulate a hot water tank ? An energy activity from the Computers in Science book & CD Rom which uses a data logger. View the last page of this PDF file

Virtual Experiment Resources

Resources to use with the virtual experiments for this unit. All Haringey primary and junior schools have a site licence for this software. Photocopy double sided. Supports group discussion when making predictions

Prediction cards baked potato - activity (Word)

Prediction cards - extension (Word)

Investigating insulators virtual experiment (5c) is available online through the LGfL. Visit the LGfL site.

Prediction cards for investigating insulators - activity (Word)

Prediction cards for investigating insulators - extension (Word)

Easiteach resources

Keeping warm Dominoes. A domino game that challenges pupils to use their thinking skills Download this file

Instructions for using these dominoes in the classroom (Word)

Lesson Plans / Worksheets

A focussed Sc1 activity from Astra-Zeneca, enables assessment of one of the Sc1 strands - contributes to an overall Sc1 NC level at the end of the year. Visit this site to find out more

Matching activity - pictures and temperatures.  Print off, jumble up and match temperature with image (Word)

Images relating to this topic. Some ways in which we keep ourselves, food, drink and homes warm (Word)

Statements to sort - Agree, Disagree, Not Sure   Statements (Word)   Sheet to enlarge to A3 (Word)

Science vocabulary

Label templates (Word) A covenient way to have large print copies of key vocabulary. Simply type in and print off ! Useful for lesson introduction and plenary

Key vocabulary cards for this unit Developed in one Haringey school for you to use/modify as needed

Sc1 Glossary for Y4 (Word) Sc1 key vocabulary to be taught in Y4. A great resource from Sheffield's science site.

Concept Mapping (find out more)

An example of one approach: Pupil 'worksheet' (Word) Key words (Word) and Relationship words (Word) to be cut into 'cards', arranged, stuck down on a blank sheet of paper and annotated to represent the pupils' understanding

IWB Easiteach version of the same resource can be downloaded

A completed (Easiteach) example, for teacher reference, is also available (take a look)

Paired work in progress An example of a concept map in construction

Whole class introduction on how to build a concept map (Word)

Topic revision

Card loop game Available from Sheffield's primary science website (Word)

Inclusion

Thomas Elkins Black inventor who patented an improved refrigerator design in 1897