Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Heat and Heat Transfer Part 1
Review heat and heat transfer by solving these seven phrases! Then move on to "Heat and Heat Transfer Part 2"
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Heat and Heat Transfer Part 2
After completing Heat Transfer 1, review heat and heat transfer by solving these seven terms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Heat
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of heat and how thermal energy is transferred.
California Institute of Technology
Nasa: Cool Cosmos: How Does Heat Travel?
An explanation, with infrared images, of how heat is transferred from one object to another.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science Underwater City: What Are Good and Poor Conductors of Heat?
John and Jessi are going underwater, and they need to stay warm. Help them learn about conductors of heat so they can stay warm.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Melting
Discover the concept that energy transfer and molecular motion cause the change in state from a solid to a liquid. Also compare state changes of water to the state changes of other substances.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 3:5 Investigation 5 the Little Orange Rooster
Third graders will understand that heat energy can be produced by mechanical and electrical machines.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer
Students explore heat transfer and energy efficiency using the context of energy efficient houses. They gain a solid understanding of the three types of heat transfer: radiation, convection and conduction, which are explained in detail...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Heat Transfer
Learners explore how different colors absorb or reflect heat using a black can of water, a white can of water, and a plain can of water.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Earth's Energy Budget
This 2-part resource details how the Earth absorbs just enough energy from the Sun to sustain life. Content explores incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Specifiic Heat
This site has information on specific heat,the amount of heat required to change a unit mass of a substance by one degree in temperature. Included are many links and formulas.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Heat Conduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Investigates what conduction is, how it works, and gives examples of conduction.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Energy Education: Geothermal Gradient
A good, concise explanation of the geothermal gradient and how and why the Earth's temperature gets hotter and hotter with increasing depth. Includes two diagrams showing this and the heat transfer mechanisms that are taking place.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Heat
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart investigates how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling and demonstrates how a change in temperature indicates a change in heat. Students will sequence objects according...
Other
Mister teacher.com: Thermal Energy
An explanation, supported by pictures and animation, of how thermal energy transfers between objects.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Let's Get Breezy!
Students apply an understanding of the concept of heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation as they use wireless temperature probes to investigate the heating capacity of different materials under heat lamps.
Other
Siemens Science Day: Physical Science: You're Getting Warmer
This hands-on science activity allows students to explore how materials absorb sunlight differently. Students will create model houses with different materials on the roof and see which material allows the most heat to be absorbed into...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Change of State
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore how heat of fusion and heat of vaporization energy are used to create a phase change, and how a phase change can be used to do work.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Physics Demonstrations: Sourcebook: Heat
Suggestions for physics classroom demonstrations pertaining to heat and thermal energy. [Author's Note: The demonstrations and other descriptions of procedures and use of equipment in this book have been compiled from sources believed to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Using Heat From the Sun
In this lesson plan, students will first discuss where energy comes from, including sources such as fossil fuels, nuclear, and such renewable technologies as solar. After this initial exploration, students will investigate the three main...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!
Through a teacher demonstration using water, heat and food coloring, students see how convection moves the energy of the Sun from its core outwards. Students learn about the three different modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction,...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Univ.: Heat Transfer Resistance Modeling
This site from the Colorado State University discusses the tranfer of heat by conduction and convection. Discussion centers around the application of these two heat transfer mechanisms to engines. The variables that effect the resistance...
University of Sydney (Australia)
Thermal Physics Module: Refrigerators and Heat Pumps [Pdf]
Refrigerators and heat pumps are described. Their operation is explained and the variables which improve their efficiency is discussed.
Other
Characteristics of Energy and Matter
A lengthy page from the Fundamentals of Physical Geography site. Energy is distinguished from matter, and the different forms of energy are identified and discussed. Four types of heat transfer (convection, advection, conduction,...