Professor Dave Explains
Heat Capacity, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry
We can use coffee cups to do simple experiments to figure out how quickly different materials heat up and cool down. Take a look!
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Pink Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus), Parque Natural Cabo de Gata - Nijar (Almeria), Andalusia, Southern Spain
Pink Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus), Parque Natural Cabo de Gata - Nijar (Almeria), Andalusia, Southern Spain
Scholastic
Study Jams! Heat
Raise the temperature in your class with this hot film! Cartoon teens discuss thermal energy, the conservation and transfer of energy, three methods of heat transfer, conductors, and insulators. The publisher effectively packed every...
Curated OER
STEMbite: Heat Transfer
Convection, conduction, and radiation are the three methods of heat transfer. Introduce them to your physical science students by showing this video. The emcee shows where each of these play a role in his kitchen and explains a bit about...
PBS
Thermal Radiation: Heat Transfer | UNC-TV Science
What do people, campfires, and microwaves have in common? Investigators explore heat transfer by thermal radiation, discover the role of electromagnetic waves, and see examples of radiation while viewing a video. Scholars challenge their...
PBS
Convection: Heat Transfer | UNC-TV Science
Learn why what goes up must come down in both air and liquids. Investigators discover how convection transfers thermal energy and the movement of particles in liquids and gases due to density differences by viewing an animated video....
DiscoverE
At Home: Keep a Cube Activity
Let cooler heads prevail. Future engineers first learn about heat transfer and insulation. They then design and build a contraption that will prevent an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.
American Chemical Society
How Air Conditioning Works
In mid-July, most are thankful for the chemistry of air conditioning. Learn how those chemical processes create the cool air that makes those hot summer months more manageable! A lesson installment describes how an air conditioner uses...
Crash Course
How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15
Add a little sizzle to your lesson. The 15th video in the Crash Course Engineering playlist looks at heat exchangers, including concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. It describes how...
Crash Course
Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14
Heat up your lesson with a useful resource. An informative video describes the three main types of heat transfer: conduction, radiation, and convection. It explains how these methods of heat transfer should be taken in consideration when...
Teacher's Pet
Chemical Systems and Heat
Are you feeling the heat to find a great resource that teaches about thermal energy transfer? Try an engaging video! Chemistry pupils explore the concepts and calculations involved in chemical systems. The narrator shows examples and...
Teacher's Pet
Calorimetry
How do you measure the heat within a substance? Introduce your chemistry scholars to the concept of calorimetry with a short but detailed video. Pupils discover the uses of calorimetry, how to perform calculations using data from a...
DoodleScience
Heat Transfer - Conduction and Convection
Use science to explain why sitting on a metal bench on a cold day isn't a good idea. The instructor describes conduction and convection through drawings and animations. Learners understand how conduction and convection transfer heat...
TED-Ed
Under the Hood: The Chemistry of Cars
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Explore the cumbustion reactions driving the world's automobiles and the chemical solutions used to keep their engines cool with this fun instructional video.
Steve Spangler Science
Flying Tea Rocket - Sick Science! #024
Add this to your repertoire of convection demonstrations. This one can be done by mature and skilled laboratory classes. Basically, open a tea bag, clip the ends off, open and empty it, then stand it on one end. Light the top of it. As...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating Internal Energy and Work Example
Example of calculating energy using the First Law of Thermodynamics. [7:14]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: When a Balloon Won't Pop
Watch this video and see the difference water can make as it absorbs the heat from the flame before the balloon can pop. [3:48]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Heat Transfer in the Formation of Fused Glass
A mother and daughter team explains how heat is used to create fused glass artwork. [4:32]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #20: Temperature and the Ideal Gas Law
Bridges don't deal well with temperature changes. In order to combat this, engineers have come up with some work arounds that allow bridges to flex as they expand or contract. In this video [9:01] episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Heat Transfer: Convection, Conduction, Radiation
An interactive lesson illustrating the three methods of heat transfer: convection, conduction, and radiation. See short animations, and read about examples of each method.
Other
Neo K12: Which Is the Better Insulator?
Learn about insulators while watching an experiment. Two plastic cups full of water are placed into bowls of liquid nitrogen. Which cup will insulate best?
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #26: Thermodynamics
It's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and others that didn't and then some ideas that...
Crash Course
Crash Course Engineering #14: Heat Transfer
On this video, investigate heat transfer and the different mechanisms behind it. Learn about conduction, convection, the thermal conductivity of materials, boundary layers, and radiation. [8:35]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating Internal Energy and Work Example
This video shows a worked example calculating the change in internal energy for a gas using the first law of thermodynamics. [7:13]