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Looking for a thermal expansion and contraction lesson for your thermal energy unit? This interactive lesson is perfect as a lesson for your students as well as a review!

Interactive lessons help your students learn and retain material using the 7 steps to help students retain information such as highlighting important information, segmenting content, and more! This thermal expansion and contraction lesson is no different!

Interactive lessons are broken into segments with embedded questions to help students to process the information before moving on. This reduces their cognitive load, helping them actually remember the information!

There are so many real-world applications in regard to expansion and contraction. Students will learn all about these! Examples include hot air balloons, expansion joints on bridges, and thermometers!

This lesson covers that and much more! Your students will love this activity-packed lesson!

This package includes a link for a Google slides version of the lesson and practice as well as a PowerPoint version. In addition, a paper version and guided notes are included!

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Thermal Expansion and Contraction Lesson Covers:

heat (thermal energy)
temperature
thermal energy moves from warmer to cooler
thermal expansion
size of particles do not change, distance does
thermal contraction
real-world applications in solids, liquids, and gases
and more!

Thermal Expansion and Contraction Interactive Activities Include:

KWL
drag-and-drop
fill-in-the-chart
exploring outside resource
and more!

There are 31 slides in all, and an answer key is included!

**This lesson pairs well with NC Essential Standard: 6.P.3.3 and other state standards related to thermal expansion and contraction. This will align with NC new standard PS.6.2.2.

**This lesson is a great supportive lesson for NGSS standard MS-PS1-4!

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Interactive lessons can be used for virtual learning, individual learning, partners and small groups, direct instruction, science stations/centers, tutoring and enrichment, and more!

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