Thermal Energy Heat and Temperature | Google Form + Systems Activity DUO BUNDLE

This self-grading Google Form lesson with printable/digital modeling activities focuses on reading, modeling, and comparing thermal energy and temperature systems! Using NGSS language, students use and develop models to mathematically compare total kinetic energy and average kinetic energy of energy systems using the Google Form and handout activity tandemly. Video & reading resources are linked in the Google form so the lesson is self-guiding for students and ready to assign. A teacher document of links & printable Google form answer key is included, so this could even be implemented with a sub!

Concepts: Kinetic Molecular Theory, Kinetic Energy, Thermal Energy, Heat, Temperature, Thermal Equilibrium, finding average, Joule

This resource is aligned with the CK12 Reading: Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature. What's the Difference? Covers Kinetic Molecular Theory and the difference between heat, temperature and thermal energy.

✔ Printable Answer Keys Included for handouts & Google Form Lesson!

✔ Minimal Prep - Digital Ready to assign to an LMS or print handouts.

*A google form can be printed in a pinch, but it prints a lot of pages.

Students are first engaged with a TikTok video of an analogy (model) comparing thermometers to speedometers for atoms. Students are preemptively asked to explain what they think he means and to make an educated guess on which objects have greater thermal energy and temperature between an iceberg and a cup of coffee. This formative section allows the teacher to gain insight of students prior knowledge and thinking.

Concluding the lesson, the formative questions are asked again (this time for points) to allow the student to reflect on their learning. By the end of this lesson, students will be able to answer the question, "What is the difference between thermal energy, temperature and heat?" See this lesson in action on YouTube HERE (needs updating)

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Adding it All Up & Modeling Systems Printable/Interactive Handouts

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✔Student Versions - Non editable & ready to assign digitally with textboxes set up!

✔Teacher Versions - Editable

Adding It All Up! Handout:

*If completed digitally, students follow instructions to interact with the drag and drop items in the margin. The pages are still printable.

Students will:

• Define the main scientific differences between thermal energy, heat and temperature by filling in the blanks.
• Use mathematical & computational thinking to compare the differences between thermal energy & temperature using system models representing molecules and the energy in an iceberg & cup of hot coffee.
• Identify which system has greater thermal energy, temperature & kinetic energy.

Modeling Systems Challenge! Handout:

Includes Modified/Differentiated Version for Lower Level Students by completing one challenge instead of both!

*If completed digitally, students follow instructions to interact with the molecules in the margin. The pages are still printable.

Students will:

• Develop a model of 2 systems with a different number of molecules, but the same amount of thermal energy
• Develop a model of 2 systems with a different number of molecules, but the same temperature

Only need the handout activities?

Grab the Adding & Modeling Systems Digital & Print Handouts HERE!

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NGSS Alignment

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Performance Expectation: MS-PS3-4 Energy

• Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

• Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present.

Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

• Proportional relationships (e.g. speed as the ratio of distance traveled to time taken) among different types of quantities provide information about the magnitude of properties and processes.

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Video Clips & Reading Resources in This Lesson:

• TikTok video on thermometers and speedometers analogy
• Bill Nye on thermal energy
• CK12 -Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature. What’s The Difference?

Learning Supports to Encourage Student Autonomy:

• Checklists for student support in step-by-step directions
• Note taking/modeling prompts for students
• Response validation questions for instant feedback
• Hints and guidance from "Ninja Cat"
• Specific feedback with correct/incorrect answers
• Auto-grading

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❓ Google Form Question Types in This Lesson

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Graded:

• multiple choice
• multiple choice grid
• true/false
• fill-in-the-blank graded with response validation

Non Graded:

• student checklist (used as prompts for note taking & lab directions)
• subjective/critical thinking

*The autograding gives a "raw score" but subjective/critical thinking questions are a great way to assess individual student thinking. This can be done quickly and efficiently by viewing responses in the form spread sheet --total grading game changer!

Responses are available as soon as students submit. The form automatically emails response receipts to students so there is always a record of completion.

For Easy Grading: Teachers can implement a cutoff score and allow students to repeat the lesson as needed to attain mastery.

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Google Form Lesson Scope & Sequence:

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Learning Goal: Students will construct explanations, comparing the relationships between kinetic energy, thermal energy, heat & temperature using mathematical & computational thinking and developing models.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to answer the question, "What is the difference between thermal energy, temperature and heat?"

18 Points - 7 Google Form Sections as Follows:

1. Introduction: Name, Course Section, learning goal. Ninja Cat fill in the blank question instructions & practice for response validation questions
2. What Do You Think?: (also asked at the end of the lesson) Watch TikTok & describe what he means, guess which object has greater thermal energy and which has greater temperature.
3. Bill Nye on Thermal Energy: Watch video and answer 1 T/F question, 1 MC question and 1 non-graded critical thinking question.
4. Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature. What's the Difference?: Go to the link to a CK12 reading, complete the checklist to take notes and begin handout (4 fill in the blank response validation questions and 2 MC).
5. Adding it all up! - Students describe the steps to finding the average in a set of numbers. Then, use the checklist to complete the Adding It All Up handout, checking answers using the form (4 response validation questions & 2 MC).
6. Conclusion: What Do We Know? Students reflect and show their learning by revisiting the questions from the beginning of the lesson to explain the differences between thermal energy, heat and temperature and how a thermometer is like a speedometer for atoms. (2 MC questions and 2 non-graded critical thinking questions)
7. Student Survey: students indicate the difficulty level of the assignment, if the lesson helped and are prompted to leave a note to the teacher

*This comprehensive lesson can take around 45 +/- minutes (depending on individual learning levels) and is compatible for in class or online learning. Computer is required.

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✅ This Download includes 2 Google Drive Folders which contain:

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✅ Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature - Autograded Google Form

1. Google Form Lesson: Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature (7 sections)
2. PDF KEY of Google Form Results (12 Pgs)
3. Teacher - Links in Lesson (1 Pg + TOU)

✅ Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature - Adding it all up & Modeling Systems Interactive Handouts

1. Teacher - Adding it All Up! - Includes Key (2 pgs + TOU)
2. Teacher - Modeling Systems - Includes modified page & Key (3 pgs + TOU)
3. Student - Adding it all up & Modeling Systems Handouts (2 pgs)
4. Student - *Modified* Adding it all up & Modeling Systems Handouts (2 pgs)

*Student docs are ready to go! Choose to assign the regular or modified version

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Google Form Lessons: Best Practices

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• Do not assign critical thinking questions for points. The teacher should read student answers in the form spreadsheet. *Can read AS students submit them or later!
• Filter by name, class period, score--it's a nice tool for a quick assessment of student thinking and learning!
• Students should view their results upon submitting to see their answers and read feedback provided.
• Allow students to resubmit until they demonstrate mastery by giving a cutoff score.
• Implementing a "cutoff score" encourages students to think about their answers and read the feedback provided. I typically do not give the "answer" in feedback but I will give hints or example answers for critical thinking questions.
• Students turn in pictures of their notes with the form online for accountability. I called this "evidence of learning"--which was a nice workaround using Canvas assignments.
• In Canvas LMS, create the assignment, embed the form for students to complete in the page (leave a link to open in a new tab). Submitting the form in the assignment does not automatically submit the assignment. In order for students to submit the assignment, they can upload an image/video of their work along with the form submission.
• If you use Google Classroom LMS, simply create the assignment and the scores automatically update in the gradebook!

There is MINIMAL PREP besides printing copies (not even necessary--I had student do everything in their notebooks!), reviewing the form & adjusting your class periods (if even that)! My middle school classes were set up in blocks of A-Days: periods 3,5,7 and B-Days: periods 4,6,8. If yours is too, you are set! :)

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Google Form Lessons: The "Bells & Whistles"

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I have absolutely purchased sub-par google forms before where they didn't come with an answer sheet and weren't even autograded (what?!). You won't get sub-par here. These Google form lessons are designed for you for in class digital, at home distance learning or both!

Students *thrive* on that instant feedback!

The forms are auto-graded and give a raw score for objective questions, but there are also subjective critical thinking questions that are ungraded! This encourages more in-depth student thinking and teacher insight of student learning than a "typical" auto-graded assignment. 

Flow State Google Forms™:

• Are high-quality forms designed to be fully functional and interactive for teacher and student efficiency.
• Include all the “bells and whistles” such as guiding pictures, response validations, auto-grade, feedback on specific questions for specific answers, answer keys, videos, checklists, links, shuffled questions when appropriate, simulations, fill in the blank, short answer and long answer critical thinking questions.
• May include formative questions at the beginning & end of form to allow students to reflect upon their own learning as well.
• Typically involve a lab simulation to tinker with using the form as a guide and check for understanding.
• Include a student survey at the end of each form for students to indicate the difficulty level of the assignment and leave a note for the teacher (the sweet notes are so helpful!)

I began developing Google Form style lessons to help me complete labs and teach concurrently during the pandemic. The positive feedback and successful results I observed from students encouraged me to continue creating more. Some can get pretty intricate! The immediate feedback the GForm lessons can provide helps raise student confidence in learning science content --there is research to support this! I encourage you to try a full lesson with your class.

Click HERE to see the Google Form Lessons and Labs I have created so far!

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