When you're hot, you're hot! But, how does something get hot? Young scientists discover the properties of heat energy in an insightful video. The narrator discusses the differences between kinetic and potential energy, how heat transfers between substances, and how to calculate specific heat.

Concepts

energy, heat energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy, energy transfer, temperature, the law of conservation of energy

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource to introduce the concept of heat or to help pupils differentiate between heat and temperature
• Have the class create their own examples that demonstrate the flow of heat energy to assess their understanding
  

Classroom Considerations

• Provide some reference temperatures in Celsius if learners are less familiar with the scale than Fahrenheit
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The narrator uses helpful example scenarios to explain the content
• Detailed example problems give students practice in using and manipulating the specific heat equation
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2