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The Magic School Bus
The Magic School Bus
In the Arctic: A Book About Heat
In the Arctic: A Book About Heat
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degan
Summary:
In this book, Arnold and his friends take a trip with Ms. Frizzle on the Magic School Bus to the Arctic Circle. On this trip, they learn about where heats goes when it leaves your body, staying warm, and keeping the heat you have already. They learn the importance of insulation, maintaining heat, and losing heat.
Focus Questions:
What does insulation mean?
What is the importance of maintaining your body heat in frigid conditions?
How do animals such as polar bears and walruses maintain their body heat while living in the Arctic Circle?
How did the igloo the students built trap the escaping heat?
Posted by: Jayla Johnson
Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle (Moments in Science)
Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle (Moments in Science)
Author: Darcy Pattison
Illustrator: Peter Willis
Summary: This book covers the chemical history of a candle, presented by scientist Michael Faraday. Students will learn what candles are made of, how ari and heat create the shape of a candle flame, and the process of asking and answering questions. Scientific vocabulary is also introduced, along with the scientists Michael Faraday himself.
Focus Questions:
What are candles made of?
How is the shape of the candle flame created?
What is capillary action?
Who is Michael Faraday?
Posted by: Emma Graczyk
Energy: Heat, Light, and Fuel
Energy: Heat, Light, and Fuel
Author: Darlene Stille
Illustrator: Sheree Boyd
Summary:
This nonfiction picture book introduces students to the world of energy. It gives a variety of examples of how we use energy on a daily basis. This book is unique and engaging because it includes fun facts for each topic, a glossary at the end of the book, and an experiment that students can try!
Focus Questions:
What are the different types of energy?
How does energy work?
Where does energy come from?
What are some ways we use energy?
Posted by: Vanessa Turner
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet
Author: Elizabeth Suneby
Illustrator: Rebecca Green
Summary:
It's monsoon season in Bangladesh, which means Iqbal's mother must cook the family's meals indoors, over an open fire. The smoke from the fire makes breathing difficult for his mother and baby sister, and it's even making them sick. Hearing them coughing at night worries Iqbal. So when he learns that his school's upcoming science fair has the theme of sustainability, Iqbal comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: he'll design a stove that doesn't produce smoke! With help from his teacher, Iqbal learns all about solar energy cooking, which uses heat from the sun to cook!
Focus Questions:
How does Iqbal create a stove without using fire?
What type of materials did Iqbal use?
How does heat travel?
What do we use heat for in our everday lives? Why is it important?
Posted by: Lauren Pio
The Energy That Warms Us: A Look at Heat
The Energy That Warms Us: A Look at Heat
Author: Jennifer Boothroyd
Summary:
This book introduces heat. It talks about topics such as what produces heat, how heat moves, the absence of heat and more. The information given is supported by visuals and plenty of examples to help readers further their understanding of the concept of heat.
Focus Questions:
How have you used heat in your daily life?
What are some things that produce heat?
Does heat rise or sink?
How is heat measured?
Posted by: Miciyah Carter
Temperature: Heating Up and Cooling Down
Temperature: Heating Up and Cooling Down
Author: Darlene Stille
Illustrator: Sheree Boyd
Summary:
This book details forms of temperature and where these temperatures can be found. This book gives various facts to readers and even asks questions to expand their thinking beyond the book. The illustrations also support the information being given to readers.
Focus Questions:
What are some hot or cold things that you interact with daily?
Can some things change between being hot or cold?
Do some things only remain hot or cold?
What does it mean when our body temperature rises too much?
Posted by: Miciyah Carter
Energy
Energy
Science Starters
By: Rebecca Pettiford
This book is great for young readers. I would recommend it for K-1st. The book actually says the reading level is ages 5-7. I love that it breaks down the basics of what energy actually is before going into the nitty-gritty of specific types of energy, such as heat energy. I read this book on epic, which is an app that I 100% recommend implementing into your classroom. Kids get one free book to read a day, but they have books on all different kinds of topics.
Focus Questions:
Where can energy be found?
What does energy do?
What is one thing that is unique about energy?
What source of energy does the sun give off?
What does heat come from?
Posted By: Aubrey Jones
Heat
Heat
By: Ellen Lawrence
Summary:
This short and sweet book is investigating energy, with an emphasis on heat energy. I love this book because it provides straight forward information about the basics of heat energy, as well experiments to go along with and test the information that they are learning. The experiments are also ones that are cost efficient, and don't require much many materials. What I also like about this book is that they have a conclusion section that ties everything they learned back together so that the students aren't being left off with just a bunch of experiments. They also include an glossery at the end of the book of all of the science terminology they used.
Focus Questions:
Where does heat come from? What is an example of a source of heat?
What can heat energy do, that is different then other forms of energy?
How do people use heat in their daily lives?
What happens when hot meets cold?
What does it mean when something is hot?
Is it possible to make heat by rubbing your hands together?
Posted By: Aubrey Jones
Cross cutting concepts
Stability and Change
Energy and Matter
Cause and Effect
Heat Energy
Heat Energy
Author: Bold Kids
Summary:
This book is great for learning a lot of facts about heat energy. Readers will get to learn how heat is created and used plus dive into what thermal energy is and how it works. It talks about the different ways heat is transferred and how heat affects states of matter.
Focus Questions:
What is thermal energy?
Is thermal energy renewable?
What is conduction?
What affect does thermal energy have on the states of matter?
Posted by: Peyton Saunders
NGSS Standards
4-PS3-2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4-PS3-4 Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Hot and Cold, Cold and Hot
Hot and Cold, Cold and Hot
Author: Baby Professor
Summary:
This book works to teach readers the basics of heat transference. This is a physics book aimed to explain the concept that an object that is hot can be the same temperature as a cold object.
Focus Questions:
What is heat?
How does heat transfer?
How can a hot object be the same temperature as a cold object?
What is transference?
Posted by: Peyton Saunders
Standards:
4-PS3-2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4-PS3-4 Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Heat (Building Blocks of Physical Science)
Author: Joseph Midthun
Illustrator: Samuel Hiti
Description:
This book is a part of a series that introduces and gives students the building blocks to understand scientific phenomena. This addition to the series explains the concept of temperature and heat. It discusses what heat is, how we use heat, different sources and forms of heat, the idea of expansion and contraction, and many other ideas. This could also make for a good introduction read-aloud as there is some vocabulary and concepts that can be introduced to gauge where your students are at at the beginning of a unit about temperature.
Focus Questions:
What is heat?
How do we use heat on a day-to-day basis?
What is expansion and contraction?
What does a conductor of heat do?
Posted by: Samantha Coleman
Cross-cutting concepts:
Cause and effect
Scale, proportion, and quantity
Energy and motion
Heating and Cooling
Author: Cody Crane
Description:
This fun story discusses the different ways in which heating and cooling affect activities that students can relate to. It is a great way to describe the principles of temperature in a way that students can relate to their own lives. The book also includes some critical thinking questions for students to deepen their thinking, as well as experiments to try in the classroom, and a glossary. This book also follows the guides specifically for NGSS.
Focus Questions:
What different forms can matter take with hot and cold temperatures?
How does hot matter affect a solid object?
How does cold matter affect a liquid object?
Posted by: Samantha Coleman
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