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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Heat and Heat Transfer Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Review heat and heat transfer by solving these seven phrases! Then move on to "Heat and Heat Transfer Part 2"
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Energy? Short Demos

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Three short, hands-on, in-class demos expand students' understand of energy. First, using peanuts and heat, students see how the human body burns food to make energy. Then, students create paper snake mobiles to explore how heat energy...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Much Heat Will It Hold?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students relate thermal energy to heat capacity by comparing the heat capacities of different materials and graphing the change in temperature over time for a specific material. Students learn why heat capacity is an important property...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Hot Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the nature of thermal energy, temperature and how materials store thermal energy. They discuss the difference between conduction, convection and radiation of thermal energy, and complete activities in which they...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Celsius 4 1 1: All About Thermal Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
A 5E activity exploring thermal energy. TEKS (11)(A).
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Enthalpy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Move the chemical reaction along, and observe the overall change in enthalpy for each reaction in the simulation. After the activity, answer one challenge question to check for understanding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Heat

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of heat and how thermal energy is transferred.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Forms of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to the seven different forms of energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Forms of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to forms of energy including the seven different forms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Thermal Radiation

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How thermal energy is transferred by thermal radiation and sources of thermal radiation.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Identify Enthalpy of Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
A video tutorial explaining the enthalpy of a reaction using an energy diagram. [2:42]
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Heat

For Students 3rd - 5th
A short, illustrated tutorial about how heat energy moves. After reading the material, take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
Using understandable words and exceptional graphics, this page describes the transfer of energy by means of the convection process. Contains several links to related topics.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Pump

For Students 9th - 10th
Heat flow from a hot region to a cold region is described and explained. Applications of this phenomenon (specifically heat pumps and refrigerators) are discussed. Excellent graphics.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site is from Georgia State University. The tendency of nature to move towards a more disordered state in an isolated system, a concept known as entropy, is discussed. This concept is well-depicted in meaningful diagrams.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat of fusion is defined and described. A graphical representation of the heat of vaporization is given. A method for measuring and calculating the heat of fusion is also presented and explained.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Saturated Vapor Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
The meaning of vapor pressure is introduced. The distinction between evaporation and boiling is discussed and explained. The reason that liquids undergo vaporization is explained.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Radiation Cooling of Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the means by which the body regulates its temperature. The role of radiation in this process is explained. An equation for calculating the rate at which energy is transferred by radiation is presented. Also, an interactive...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of energy transfer by radiation is discussed. An equation for calculating the rate of radiative energy transfer is provided. Variables in the equation are explained. An interactive form allows for problem-solving practice...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Temperature Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page which includes links to a wealth of pages detailing the conceptual meaning of temperature. A hypertext format allows the visitor to quickly gain access the desired information.
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Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Structure and Properties of Materials/thermal Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive set of "lecture notes" on various topics in thermal physics (including thermal expansion). Explanations are well done and more interesting than most. Includes both a mathematical and conceptual treatment of topics. Humor,...
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Handout
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Heat and Heat Transfer Part 2

For Students 9th - 10th
After completing Heat Transfer 1, review heat and heat transfer by solving these seven terms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Thermal Conductors and Insulators

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Descriptions and examples of thermal conductors and insulators are discussed and shown.