Lesson Plan

Newton’s Law of Cooling, Revisited

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Does Newton's Law of Cooling have anything to do with apples? Scholars apply Newton's Law of Cooling to solve problems in the 29th installment of a 35-part module. Now that they have knowledge of logarithms, they can determine the decay constant k and use it to model contextual situations.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Team up with a science teacher and perform an experiment to collect temperature data
Classroom Considerations
  • Pupils need access to a calculator with a log or ln key
  • Lesson assumes that learners have previously encountered Newton's Law of Cooling (from an Algebra I module)
Pros
  • Resource includes a link to an online demonstration
  • Some pupils may be interested in the crime scene/forensic science example
Cons
  • None