STEM - Heat

This e-book is specifically designed to meet the STEM requirements. This module presents projects and explorations in Heat and its various forms. As with all STEM based curriculum it incorporates open-ended enquiry, and is completely project based. 


Aimed at lower elementary, this curriculum contains explorations for each level, prompting children to have in-depth conversations based on a spiraled set of explorations. 


The accompanying teacher's notes/manual is carefully designed to give enough information and guidance in how to present the lesson that teachers immediately feel comfortable in presenting the fundamental concepts. 


Included here are the teacher’s notes and direct links to the experiments. Concepts touched on are as follows:


• Terms and etymology on heat

• Historical figures

• States of Matter

• Solid, Liquid, or Gas?

• Compressing Gases

• States of Matter

• Shape shifting

• Freezing Temperatures

• Solid, Liquid, or Gas: Part 2

• Reversible or Irreversible?

• Road Safety

• Condensation

• Rates of Evaporation

• Pouring Air

• Water Collection