Florida SC.7.P.11.1

Science7th GradeEnergy Transfer and Transformations

The Standard

Recognize that adding heat to or removing heat from a system may result in a temperature change and possibly a change of state.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students predict what happens when thermal energy enters or leaves a substance. They use observations or heating curves to identify changes in temperature and physical state.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly describe melting, freezing, boiling, and cooling examples. They identify the direction of energy transfer and explain whether temperature, state, or both change during the process.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat heat and temperature as the same thing or say that cold flows into an object. They may also assume temperature must change continuously during melting or boiling.
How to Assess It: Give students two cases: water cooling from 25°C to 15°C, and ice melting at 0°C. Ask them to identify the energy transfer and each change observed.

Lesson moves

Heat crushed ice in a beaker, recording temperature and physical state every minute until liquid water forms.
Ask students to explain in writing how ice can absorb energy while remaining at 0°C as it melts.
Sort scenario cards into temperature change only, state change only, or both, then defend each placement.
Compare making ice in a freezer with boiling water on a stove, noting energy direction, temperature, and state changes.

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