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- 6 Science Court: Particles in Motion
is part of the
Science Court
series.
J.C. Cramwood commissions local artist Sonya Sondheim to create a huge plaque in his honor. At the unveiling ceremony, the plaque pops out of its frame and falls right onto Cramwood. He then claims that Sonya didn't secure the plaque well enough in its frame. Sonya insists that her frame fit the plaque perfectly. Could something else have caused the plaque to fall out of its frame?
Over the course of the trial, students will learn:  | That every object is made up of tiny particles | | What condition might cause the particles in an object to move further apart | | What condition might cause the particles in an object to move closer together | | That different kinds of atoms combine to make different things | |
| How to set up experiments to: |
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Demonstrate that solid objects are made up of smaller particles |
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Observe how heat makes those particles move faster and further apart |
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Compare how different materials behave when heated |
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Becoming members of an interdependent group |
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Listening and talking with others |
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Sharing a common goal |
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Students are also introduced to the following content vocabulary, visually defined in the Word Wall:
 atoms
characteristics
conduction
contract
element
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expand
materials
matter
molecules
particles
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rate
thermal energy
thermostat
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