Conclude the presentation by telling the students that they will have two groups of data and will be using this data in another activity. Once the guided practice is complete, allow the students to set up their activity in several places throughout the room using the sun and sun lamps. Begin the activity. Be available for questions. Permit the students to complete the activity and fill in their worksheets.
Closure Come back together as whole group.
Discuss any problems the students have during the activity. Discuss some of the ways in which they can relate this activity back into the real world. The temperature that plants need to grow in the wintertime. The process that a thermostat uses to regulate the temperature in a house. The students will be asked to make graphs using the data that they collected in the activity.