OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 6.2 Thermal Energy
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Thermal Energy?
Learn what thermal energy is and how to calculate it.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 6.2 Thermal Energy Teacher Professional Development Overview
This four-day professional development session introduces teachers to the OpenSciEd materials generally in addition to the 6.2 Thermal Energy unit.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: To Heat or Not to Heat?
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...
Other
Mister teacher.com: Thermal Energy
An explanation, supported by pictures and animation, of how thermal energy transfers between objects.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Zero Energy Housing
Students investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating. Then they design and build their own model houses, and test them for thermal gains and losses during a simulated day and night.
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.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Chemistry: Heat Transfer
Answer the thermal energy transfer questions correctly, and advance around the baseball diamond.
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Is Heat?
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Heat and Temperature
With this learning module, students will understand the difference between heat and temperature, convert temperatures among different temperature scales, and calculate specific heat.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Heat and Temperature
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Heat
A video and a short quiz on heat, covering its difference from temperature, thermal energy, and the means by which heat is transferred.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: What Is Heat?
This physics tutorial is devoted to understanding how the relative temperature of two objects affects the direction that heat is transferred between the two objects.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: No Magic About It
Heat transfer is an important concept that is a part of everyday life yet often misunderstood by young scholars. In this instructional activity, students learn the scientific concepts of temperature, heat, and the transfer of heat...
State University of New York
State University of New York: Heat Transfer Between Substances
The following simulation assesses students understanding of thermal energy, transfer and equilibrium.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: From Hot to Not
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.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Properties and Behaviors of Heat, Light and Sound
How can scientists lump heat, light and sound together when investigating properties and behaviors? This learning module will address that question through a series of activities.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Electricity From the Sun [Pdf]
Discusses forms of renewable energy that rely on the sun. For example, wind is created when solar energy heats the air, and biomass is solar energy that has been stored in plants.
Science is Fun
Science Is Fun: Rubber Bands and Heat
An experiment to investigate the thermal properties of rubber by studying its behavior in different scenarios. A discussion of how entropy explains what is observed is provided.
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...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: What Does Heat Do?
This physics tutorial covers the topic of measuring the quantity of heat that is transferred between the system and the surroundings. Students learn about calorimetry- the science associated with determining the changes in energy of a...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Measuring the Quantity of Heat
Through interactive exercises and illustrated example problems, students learn about specific heat capacity and measuring the quantity of heat.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Heat
A short, illustrated tutorial about how heat energy moves. After reading the material, take a quick quiz to check for understanding.