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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Thermometers as Speedometers

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive exercises and illustrated tutorials, students answer the fundamental questions: What is the reading on a thermometer the reflection of? What does temperature measure?
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Calorimeters and Calorimetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about calorimeters and calorimetry in this illustrated, interactive physics tutorial.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and then describe how energy is transported through the processes of conduction, convection, and radiation. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Reversible Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch a reaction proceed over time. How does total energy affect a reaction rate? This model represents an analogy of chemical reactions.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Get Breezy!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students apply an understanding of the concept of heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation as they use wireless temperature probes to investigate the heating capacity of different materials under heat lamps.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
With the help of simple, teacher-led demonstration activities, students learn the basic concepts of heat transfer by means of conduction, convection, and radiation. Students then apply these concepts as they work in teams to solve two...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: From Hot to Not

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students learn the fundamental concepts of heat transfer and heat of reaction. This includes concepts such as physical chemistry, an equation for heat transfer, and a basic understanding of energy and heat transfer.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: No Magic About It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Heat transfer is an important concept that is a part of everyday life yet often misunderstood by young scholars. In this instructional activity, students learn the scientific concepts of temperature, heat, and the transfer of heat...
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Climate Change and the Oceans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the role that the oceans play in climate change, and how climate change affects the oceans. It is lesson eight in a nine-lesson module "Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change."
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Interactive
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Net Logo: Conduction in Solids Reduced

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation shows conduction of thermal energy within and between solids, based on the kinetic energy of particles, and collisions between neighboring particles.
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Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Units Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructions for converting the physical measurements of different types of fuels, such as gallons or barrels, to British thermal units (Btu), allowing for cross-comparison.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Light and Temperature

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive tool where students can create a model of a greenhouse and use a light sensor to measure the amount of light it receives from a lamp at various times of the day. Temperature is also measured. Data is plotted on graphs,...
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Website
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Engine Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation allows students to interact with different components of a complex real world phenomenon. The simulation shown is of a 4-stroke internal combustion engine. The thermodynamic cycle being simulated is the Otto cycle, which...
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Bose Einstein Condensation: Temperature and Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Physics 2000 site, this page exemplifies their usual superb discussion of the concepts of heat, temperature, and absolute zero. Using an entertaining series of cartoon characters, the page gives a very understandable discussion...
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Handout
California Institute of Technology

Nasa: Cool Cosmos: How Does Heat Travel?

For Students 6th - 8th
An explanation, with infrared images, of how heat is transferred from one object to another.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Getting the Lightbulb to Light Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a simple electrical circuit using wires, batteries, and a lightbulb. From constructing a circuit the students will discover that when energy is produced there is heat.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Hurricanes as Heat Engines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students examine the effects of hurricanes on sea surface temperature using NASA data. They examine authentic sea surface temperature data to explore how hurricanes extract heat energy from the ocean surface.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Calorimetry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using diagrams and practice problems, students learn how the units of calories are used to measure the energy of the heat transfer. They also discover how...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Conduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Using understandable words and exceptional graphics, this page describes the transfer of energy by means of conduction. Contains several links to related topics.
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Handout
MadSci Network

The Mad Scientist Network/is 0 K Absolute Zero?

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a question and answer format, this page explains what is meant by the term "absolute zero." The basis for the Kelvin temperature scale is described. And the relationship between heat or energy and temperature is discussed.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Keeping Warm

For Students 3rd - 8th
Easy-to-understand overviews, with illustrations, a game, and quiz questions, about thermal conductors and insulators.
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Website
Other

Taftan: Applied Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
A definition of applied thermodynamics, the science of the relationship between heat, work, and systems that analyze energy processes. Related links.
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Handout
University of Waterloo (Canada)

The University of Waterloo: The Heating Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat of vaporization along with several other thermal properties are explained. Sample problems are given. Illustrations.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Enthalpy Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and its relation to enthalpy. Topics covered include bond enthalpies and bond energies, energy content of fuels,...

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