Heat Island Effect Lab

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Science Over Everything

Subject Science — Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Grade Level Grades 6-8

Resource Type Activity

Standards Alignment

Next Generation Science Standards

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About This Lesson

SWBAT test how test different surface materials and effect air temperatures.

Students read an article on how the heat island effect makes cities warmer than rural areas. Students then test the air temperatures around different surface materials and graph their results.

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Lesson Plan for Middle School

Earth Day Activities

Resources

Files

Lab_Heat Island Effect.pdf

Activity

February 13, 2020

148.07 KB

Standards

MS-PS3-4

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.