Science 3 Stage UBD Lesson Plan

Teacher and Grade NOS

Level Physical Properties, solutions and mixtures.
Miss Maberry
Mrs. Payne

Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Standard(s)

Physical Science: Matter PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter. When two or more different
and its Interactions substances are mixed, a new substance with different properties may be
formed. (5-PS1-4)

Purpose:
To learn what happens when mixing solutions of varied density.

Topic Question:
Why don’t the different colors mix?

Student Naïve Conceptions Science Background Knowledge for

The colors will mix. Discrepant Event
Color is only there when the light is on. Thicker materials sink.
The shade of the color is directly related to the Know what a rainbow is.
density/thickness.

Materials:
Sugar/ Kyro Syrup
Straw
Water
Pitchers (2)
Tarp/ Trash bags
Syringe
Food coloring
Clear glasses (4-7) Depending on number of colors
Short skinny glass
Bucket
Paper towels

Stage 1: Exploration

Introduction
“Hey guys, I’m Miss Maberry, and I’m Mrs. Payne.”
Ask: What are your names? What grades are you in?
Pre-Assessment
Ask them “what color do these make when mixed together? Do you think we will see any of that
color?”
Hook Have the students look at the cups of water and tell them, “We have no sugar in this cup, two
tablespoons of sugar in this cup, etc.”
Teacher Questions: What do you think is going to happen when we put all of the different colors in
the glass?
Predict: Student may say: - “It will turn brown” or “the colors will mix together”
Observe

Stage 2: Concept Development

Teacher Questions: Why don’t the different colors mix?

Student Explains might say, ‘magic’ or if older may mention density. They may say they don’t know, or
they might relate it to the sugar without fully grasping the concept of density.
Student and Teacher Explain Ask “What does the sugar do to the water?” Different amounts of sugar
in the water make it a varying consistency, more or less dense, thicker or thinner.
Differentiate for Younger/Older Children
For older students: Ask what does the sugar do to the water?
Answer: makes it dense (thicker works too)
Ask: Does the more or less dense color sink?
Answer: More.
Denser liquid will sink to the bottom while less dense liquid stays at the top. The more sugar a
liquid has the lower it goes.

For younger students: Ask: What does the sugar do to the water?
Answer: Makes it thicker.
Tell them: the more sugar you add to the water the thicker it becomes, the thickest liquid sinks to
the bottom while the thinnest liquid stays at the top.

Stage 3: Expansion and Evaluation

Teacher Questions: Ask “Which color is the most dense or thickest and why?”
“Which is the least dense or thinnest and why?”

Predict, Observe, Explain

Answers could be: blue, green or purple because they are the darkest so they sink and yellow and red
are the lightest so they float.

Evaluate
Correct Answer: Most is at the bottom least is at the top because of the amount of sugar.
Close
Have students do the rainbow in the straw. Dipping the straw in each color or just two or three.