Middle-school physical science · Grade 6 authoring target
Which Design Is Better Supported?
Compare matched results across trials, choose a sleeve design using relevant evidence, and keep the conclusion within the tested conditions.
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Kit 3 is a self-contained teaching prototype. It includes a prerequisite mini-lesson, a worked sleeve comparison, guided practice, a fresh independent task, two focused reteaches with new checks, and a later task about cooling. You can use Kit 3 independently or after Kits 1 and 2 in the foundation collection.
- Prerequisites
- Read a small table, subtract whole-number temperatures, recognize °C, and distinguish starting and final readings. The included mini-lesson teaches these moves before the main task.
- Audience
- Grade 6 is the provisional authoring target. Related NGSS expectations span Grades 6–8; check your local course placement.
- Materials
- Paper and pencil. Optional: calculator, number line, projection, pointing, or an oral explanation. No lab equipment is required.
- Teaching time
- Author estimate: about 36–44 minutes for the full route, 10–15 minutes for a reteach, or 5–8 minutes for the later check. These have not been classroom timed.
Constructed teaching data: these values were invented for this activity, not collected in an experiment. These records do not establish the actual performance of real sleeves or products.
Choose what to print
- Teach the Lesson — P, M, G and I; 4 pages
- Use a Quick Check — I only; 1 page; alternate copy of the lesson’s independent task
- Reteach: Compare the Measurements — R and its fresh cooling check; 1 page
- Reteach: Use All Results and Limit the Claim — F and its fresh check; 2 pages
- Use a Later Check — T; a new cooling task; 1 page
Each selection includes its needed setup, table, disclosure and prompts. Match its task IDs to the teacher guide. Quick Check repeats task I from Teach the Lesson; use the Later Check after students have seen I.
Preview the actual pages
Student mini-lesson
Teacher quick start
Complete student packet
- Full student packet — PDF, 8 pages
- Full student packet — editable Word file
- Read the student packet as HTML
Teacher explanations and keys
- Teacher guide and complete key — PDF, 8 pages
- Teacher guide and complete key — editable Word file
- Read the teacher guide as HTML
Accept an accurate labeled diagram, pointed-to data with an oral explanation, or connected prose. Clarify an unclear response and its access needs before assigning a reteach. The teacher guide supplies the explanation, accepted alternatives and a next-task decision.
Evidence and review status
v1.0.0. Independent AI content and file review is complete; three production findings were corrected and rechecked. Human science review and classroom-use feedback have not occurred. Timing is an author estimate. Microsoft Word, Google Docs and assistive-technology use have not been tested. The foundation collection now includes Kits 1–3 and Start Here; Kits 4–6 remain in development.
Supplied-data analysis supports selected components of the energy and design expectations. It does not show that a learner designed, constructed and tested a physical device. Read the source and standards notes.
Editable data and package
Download the classroom package ZIP with student and teacher files, print selections and constructed data. Download all data as JSON. The CSV tables are also included in the ZIP.
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Read Kit 3’s separate review record and limitations. The Start Here guide links the complete foundation sequence.