Product Overview

A curriculum that 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.

Includes experiment cards and Teacher's Manual. 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

RESOURCES

Science Record Forms

Graphing Worksheet

Engineering Design Process Form

Look at our Science Flow Chart for Lower Elementary to see how this work fits in with the traditional Montessori curriculum.

STANDARDS
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