About This Lesson
Learning Objectives
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the history of Punkah Louvres, ventilation, and AC on ships. This can be used for history, technology, or engineering and features discussion questions as well as an experiment for Grades K-2 and 3-5.
National Education Standards
Grades K-2
- NGSS – Appendix F – SEP.1.b – Ask and/or identify questions that can be answered by an investigation.
- NGSS – Grade Level Disciplinary Core Ideas – 2-PS1.A.1 – Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties.
- College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework (5) – D2.Eco.1.K-2 – Individually and with others, students: Explain how scarcity necessitates decision making.
Grades 3-5
- Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1) – 4E/E2c – By the end of the fifth-grade students should know that: A warmer object can warm a cooler one by contact or at a distance; D2.Eco.1.3-5 – Individually and with others, students: Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.
