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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Heat Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on heat energy changes in chemical reactions. Exothermic reactions transfer energy to the surroundings. Endothermic reactions take in energy from the surroundings. It also offers links to a video and a test.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Heat Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Having trouble understanding the energy transfer in heat engines? This simulation allows students to learn about the conversion of heat energy to mechanical energy in the context of heat engine.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Conversions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students evaluate various everyday energy conversion devices and draw block flow diagrams to show the forms and states of energy into and out of the device. They also identify the forms of energy that are useful and the desired output of...
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Read Works

Read Works: Heat, Energy, and Bicycling in New York City

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how bikes can be used to solve some traffic problems in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Energy as a Fundamental Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
See how this principle translates in to fluids and the Bernoulli equation as well as into electric circuits and the voltage law and finally into heat and thermodynamics through the first law of thermodynamics.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Skate Park

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on the conservation of energy solely between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Students work with a virtual laboratory set at a skate park. They make predictions of graphs before they use the...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Define Heat of Fusion, Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated video tutorial defines two types of heat exchanges: heat of fusion and heat of vaporization. The content focuses on the relationship between heat energy either absorbed or released, and arrangement of particles. [3:42]
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Heat

For Students 3rd - 5th
A short, illustrated tutorial about how heat energy moves. After reading the material, take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By taking a look at the energy of motion all around us, students learn about the types of energy and their characteristics. They first learn about the two simplest forms of mechanical energy: kinetic and potential energy, as illustrated...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Heat and Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial that explores the concepts of heat and temperature, the transfer of energy between substances, the relationship of temperature and the movement of atom, and thermal radiation. The tutorial includes animations, interactive...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Heat and Light From Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand the energy transformations that happens when you light a bulb with a battery. Activity requires students to build a simple circuit and take temperature and time measurements. Lab includes procedure with questions that can be...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Hot Oven

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Do you know why the metal in the oven burns your skin but the air in the oven doesn't? This simulation will show you the relationship between heat energy and temperature.
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US Department of Energy

Us Dept. Of Energy: Urbita Elementary School: Linda Gregory: Draft O Meter [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will observe drafts in homes and in the classroom to determine if or how much heat or air conditioning is escaping. How can the rooms be made more energy efficient?
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.2 Thermal Energy

For Teachers 6th
This Thermal Energy unit has students investigating two ways to transfer energy into a drink: (1) the absorption of light and (2) thermal energy from the warmer air around the drink. They are then challenged to design their own drink...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Heat

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on heat, covering its difference from temperature, thermal energy, and the means by which heat is transferred.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Electrical Equivalent of Heat Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students look at the conversion of electrical energy into heat energy. Students will have control over the amount of water in their beaker, the voltage of the power supply and the time they add energy to the...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Radiant Energy Flow

For Students 6th - 8th
A virtual lab to look at the physical features of Earth that affect the amount of the Sun's energy that hits Earth. Students investigate how solar and infrared radiations enters and leaves the atmosphere with this model. Virtual lab...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through nine lessons, students are introduced to a range of energy types--electrical, light, sound and thermal-as well as the renewable energy sources of wind, hydro (water) and solar power. Subjects range from understanding that the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: To Heat or Not to Heat?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to various types of energy with a focus on thermal energy and types of heat transfer as they are challenged to design a better travel thermos that is cost efficient, aesthetically pleasing and meets the design...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Heat?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the definition of heat as a form of energy and how it exists in everyday life. They also learn about the three types of heat transfer as well as the connection between heat and insulation.
Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Grounded Coupled Heat Pumps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how a heat pump system works, and how a ground-coupled system improves its efficiency and saves money.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: From Hot to Not

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students learn the fundamental concepts of heat transfer and heat of reaction. This includes concepts such as physical chemistry, an equation for heat transfer, and a basic understanding of energy and heat transfer.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solar Water: Heat It Up!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore energy efficiency, focusing on renewable energy, by designing and building flat-plate solar water heaters. They apply their understanding of the three forms of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation), as...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: No Magic About It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Heat transfer is an important concept that is a part of everyday life yet often misunderstood by students. In this lesson, students learn the scientific concepts of temperature, heat, and the transfer of heat through conduction,...

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