TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: All Fat Is Not Created Equally!
Students learn that fats found in the foods we eat are not all the same; they discover that physical properties of materials are related to their chemical structures. Provided with several samples of commonly used fats with different...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Cold Can You Go?
Students explore materials engineering by modifying the material properties of water. Specifically, they use salt to lower the freezing point of water and test it by making ice cream. Using either a simple thermometer or a mechatronic...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Insulation Materials Investigation
Students test the insulation properties of different materials by timing how long it takes ice cubes to melt in the presence of various insulating materials. Students learn about the role that thermal insulation materials can play in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Works Best in a Radiator?
Students learn the importance of heat transfer and heat conductance. Using hot plates, student groups measure the temperature change of a liquid over a set time period and use the gathered data to calculate the heat transfer that occurs....
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry
In this activity, students explore reactions in which chemical bonds are formed and broken. Students experiment with changing the temperature and the concentration of the atoms in order to see how these affect reaction rates. They also...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Heat to Go
Explore heat and temperature with a 5E model lesson.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Specifically Speaking About Heat Capacity
This resource provides alternative or additional tier-one learning options to help students understand the concept of specific heat capacity.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: British and Metric Conversions Interactives
The resource assesses students on British and metric conversions. There are tutorials on metric units, length, mass, volume, English units, symbols, and temperature. There is also an introduction and an interactive activity to test the...
Other
Weather Underground: The Authority in Expert Weather
Weather maps, forecasts, radar, NEXRAD, satellite images, and lifestyle weather reports for the United States and world. Includes Dr. Dewpoint and Weather 101 sections for educational use.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Reaction Rates
This Chem4Kids.com site explores the rate of reactions. Content focuses on forces that change the speed of reactions, and measuring rates.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Coffee Problem
In this activity, students use knowledge of specific heat capacity to mix together hot coffee and cold milk to create a solution of coffee at a desired temperature. In this randomized problem, each student is given a different final...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Temperature and the Solubility of Salts
Examine the solubilities of salts based on temperature.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Coffee Problem
Use the virtual lab to determine how much milk to add to hot coffee to reach the desired temperature
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Camping Problem Iii
In this part of the MRE scenario, students create solutions that when mixed, increase to a certain temperature.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Measure of Matter
This site examines the specific difference between mass and weight in addition to length, temperature, and time.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Newton's Law of Cooling
Students come to see the exponential trend demonstrated through the changing temperatures measured while heating and cooling a beaker of water. This task is accomplished by first appealing to students' real-life heating and cooling...
Other
Paleomap: Climate History
Have you wondered what the Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Click on a period to view a map and explanation of ancient Earth's climate.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Heat, Temperature, and Conduction
Students observe, describe, and draw a model on the molecular level, showing how energy is transferred from one substance to another through conduction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Factors Affecting Solubility
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Through readings, videos clips, and review questions, study the factors that affect solubility.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Bose Einstein Condensation: Temperature and Absolute Zero
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...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Collaborative Projects
Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Wind Chill Temperature Index
Provided by the National Weather Service, a chart showing current temperature, wind (mph) and the air temperature with the wind chill. Shows the calculation for wind chill at the bottom of the chart and provides a wind chill calculator.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems
At this site, the student can find out thermophysical properties of different fluids and gases.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics
A two-lesson tutorial on thermal energy in the study of physics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension check-ins.