Worksheet
Curated OER

Rocks Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the concept that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
Organizer
Curated OER

Hydrologic Cycle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students examine the hydrological cycle through the coloring of the picture that graphically organizes the concept.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Science Word Search

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this science worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to earth science. There are 44 words/phrases located in the puzzle.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Specific Heat, Heat of Vaporization, and Density of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does ice float? In this article answer that question by learning about the topics of Specific heat capacity, evaporative cooling, and heat of vaporization of water.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Just Keep Cool How Evaporation Affects Heating and Cooling

For Students 9th - 10th
When we get hot, we sweat. The physiological role of sweat is to cool us down. When the water evaporates, it removes energy from our bodies. This sort of evaporative cooling can also be used to cool homes, using what are referred to as...
Activity
Other

King County Court House: Heating & Cooling Curves [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is a lab that will teach you about heating and cooling curves.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Which Hot Dog Cools Faster?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Different types of hot dogs will cool at different rates after they have been cooked. This activity takes the first steps in investigating this phenomenon by measuring the rate that a warmed hot dog cools. Students can compare the...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hot Potato, Cool Foil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore material properties by applying some basic principles of heat transfer. They use calorimeters to determine the specific heat of three substances: aluminum, copper and another of their choice. Each substance is cooled in...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the vaporization process and the energy changes which accompany the process. Includes an informative graphic and a discussion of how to determine the heat of vaporization.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Heating and Cooling Curves

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the interactive cooling curve graph as a tool to answer two challenge questions about temperature change in the fossil fuel, Naphthalene.
Article
University of Hawai'i

Asteroid Heating: A Shocking View

For Students 9th - 10th
This April 2004 article provides insight and one view into the world of asteroid heating, the age of meteorites and new theories in the changes in shocked and unshocked chondrites. Some great photomicrographs.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What's the Fastest Way to Cool a Soda?

For Students 9th - 10th
When you are craving an ice cold drink of soda, the last thing you want is to be stuck with a bunch of soda cans at room temperature. This fun science experiment sends you on a discovery to find the fastest way to cool soda with...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat of fusion is defined and described. A graphical representation of the heat of vaporization is given. A method for measuring and calculating the heat of fusion is also presented and explained.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Body Cooling Rate of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make two models to stimulate the cooling rate of different skin surface areas. They use a Temperature Sensor to measure the cooling rate of the models. The students also compare the cooling rates of the models to determine the...
Activity
Colorado State University

Csu: Heat Transfer Mechanisms

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent page from the Colorado State University with a heavy mathematical emphasis. Each form of heat transfer--conduction, convection, and radiation--is defined, compared, and contrasted. Mathematical equations governing the rates...
Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Heat Transfer Mechanisms

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent page from the Colorado State University with a heavy mathematical emphasis. Each form of heat transfer--conduction, convection, and radiation--is defined, compared and contrasted. Mathematical equations governing the rates...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Newton's Law of Cooling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Heating and Cooling

For Students 2nd - 4th
A tutorial reviewing the states of matter and the effects of heating and cooling matter in the different states. (Note: some of the links may not load in the archived version of the site.)
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dance With Heating, Cooling, and Insulation [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders use movement and dance composition to aid their comprehension of heating, cooling, and insulation.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cool Hot Rod

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will show students how objects change size when heated and cooled. Students will observe a metal tube have expansion and contraction.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cool / Warm Name Design Rubbings [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders reflect on who they are by listing their likes and dislikes, beliefs, hobbies, etc. They then create a rubbing of their name and add rubbings of objects they like, along with symbols and sketches. Next, they...
Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: Heat Illness

For Students 9th - 10th
Being out in the sun and heat, especially while exercising or participating in any physical activity, can lead to heat exaustion and heatstroke. Learn how to prevent getting sick while in the sun, and learn how to cool down if you feel ill.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Changing the State of Matter Using Heating and Cooling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, young scholars will investigate how different materials changed when heated or cooled. The process in developing the investigation will be inquiry based. Students will have the liberty in choosing the materials and...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Greenland: How Can Heat and Cooling Change Materials?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Nanook wants to learn to cook. In order to cook, she first needs to learn how things can change when they are heated or cooled.

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