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....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Keep It Hot!
Student teams design insulated beverage bottles in this challenge, and test them to determine which materials work best at insulating hot water to keep it warm for as long as possible.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: What's the Coolest?
This is an investigation into how to insulate something so that it stays frozen. Students will experiment with different materials to try to create the best cooler. They will then follow a procedure to make ice-cream, and learn about the...