Paper session 4: Explain temperature change
Paper session 4: Explain temperature change
Mentor Teaching · Teacher directions · 15 October 2026
Plan and prerequisites
36–45 minutes. Planning estimate; adjust to the class.
Read changes and distinguish a temperature observation from an explanation. Use the included science bridge.
Print in this order
1. Prerequisite bridge, model and guided practice
Give each independent or new-evidence file only at the stage described below. Keep answers with the teacher.
Teach and demonstrate
Use the warm-water model and its sample/surroundings representation. State the net energy-transfer direction from warmer to cooler. Guide the separate cooling record. Temperature does not measure total energy; a sleeve can slow transfer without creating cold or stopping all transfer.
Learner work and evidence
Give Explain the record independently after practice. Collect values, change, net transfer direction, the scientific connection and one limit.
Next decision and continuation
Choose Connect evidence to the explanation when only readings are reported; choose Trace energy transfer for a direction error. Each has a separate fresh recheck. Keep Later assessment unseen.
Matching complete teacher key
Teacher guide pages 1–5; focused follow-ups on pages 6–7, later key on page 8 and science/source notes on page 9.
Open the matching complete teacher guide
Access and interpretation
Offer oral, dictated, pointing or labelled responses when they show the same intended reasoning. Keep each task’s quantities, conditions and sources available. Allow extra response paper. A supplied-data explanation does not establish actual construction or testing.