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The Heat Loss Project: A STEM Exploration

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In this lesson, 6th grade teacher Lawrence Perretto blends STEM and Project Based Learning by having his students construct model homes to explore how thermal energy moves. Students use iPads and thermometers to gather data about their model homes and determine how to make their homes more energy efficient.

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The Kinetic Molecular Theory (Animation)

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Intro to Thermal Energy Video For Kids | 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Science

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Adding or removing thermal energy can cause a substance to change from one state to another. Watch the many examples of thermal energy transfer in this video.

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Heat: Transfer of Thermal Energy

When an object is "hot," what can you say about the motion of its atoms?

What are the 3 main ways thermal energy can be transferred? Define each one.

Explain convection and how it causes fluids to circulate. Where can you see convection in everyday life?

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Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another. Heating can occur by conduction, convection and radiation. Watch the video to see examples.

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The physical sciences are fascinating topics. Light and Sound, Electricity, and Heat Energy; they are things that everybody on Earth uses nearly every day!

Heat energy, in particular, is a vital topic for students to understand. Lessons on heat can teach students how to regulate the temperature of themselves and other objects, how to cook, how to identify sources of heat and ways to transfer heat, not to mention a plethora of other real-world related content. It really is an essential lesson in the science world!

If only there was some kind of easy-to-follow guide to teaching this interesting and complex topic to young students...

...But wait, there is!

The fabulous resource creators in the Teach Starter office have been working as hard as they can to bring a comprehensive Heat Energy Resource Pack to you, our lovely members.

As part of this resource pack, we have produced a Heat Energy Teaching Unit.

Consisting of six 60-minute lessons and one assessment task, the unit addresses the concept of heat energy, including heat sources, heat transfer, thermal conductors, and thermal insulators.
The unit includes activities designed to:

explore prior knowledge and understanding of heat

explore the concept of heat as a form of energy

identify kinetic, electrical and chemical sources of heat energy

explore the concept of heat transference

investigate which materials are the best thermal conductors

investigate which materials are the best thermal insulators.

So, it's time to fire up your students' brains and take a look at the fantastic activities you can use to teach the topic of Heat Energy!

Before you start any science unit, it's a good idea to get your students thinking scientifically. Ask them to complete aWorking Scientifically Knowledge Check Worksheet and check their knowledge of working scientifically.

Introduce the topic of heat and explore your students' prior knowledge with this literacy-linked science lesson. Think about how animals keep warm in cold environments with a video on Emperor Penguins and then link it to your students' experiences with a poem by our very own resource producer, Steph!
When winter comes, the fog descends and winds begin to blow,
The clouds begin to shed their tears, it gently starts to snow.
Encourage deeper thinking by asking questions such as: The flowers seem to vanish now, the birds no longer sing,
And tiny creatures hide away, waiting for the spring.
Students read the poem, then answer the questions on the worksheet. These questions refer to the ways in which people can keep themselves warm (or warm themselves up) when they are feeling cold.
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Can heat move?

Can heat be measured?

Can heat be shared?

Do all objects have heat?

Can people make heat?

Explore heat as a form of energy in this exciting lesson! Discuss the scientific vocabulary in our Heat Energy Word Wall, before completing the accompanying experiment, What is Heat?

If your students need some experiment prep work themselves, pre-empt this activity with our What's the Use? PowerPoint - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate to re-introduce students to the development of a scientific hypothesis. OurWhat is a Fair Test? - Middle Years PowerPoint and What is a Fair Test? - Upper Years PowerPoint make great additional resources for exploring the scientific concept of fair testing with your students.

a glass of hot water

a glass of cold water

a thermometer (optional)

food dye

Your class will love the visual demonstration of the movement of heat energy during this activity!

Conduct the experiment as a demonstration so that as a class, students observe what happens to food coloring when placed in hot water and cold water.

Finally, students record their predictions and their observations from the activity.

This is the perfect lesson when introducing students to sources of heat energy. Get students thinking by viewing the poster . Encourage students to suggest where the heat energy might be coming from in each situation.

As a class, students can then identify kinetic, electrical and chemical sources of heat energy by completing a Heat Sources Sorting Activity. Print out, cut, and laminate the title cards and the images, and allow students to sort the images into the correct category by placing them underneath the correct title.

Encourage the students to consider each example carefully and, if necessary, to use a process of elimination to support their decisions e.g. A hair dryer has a cord which needs to be plugged into a power socket, so its heat must come from electricity.
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Finally, students consolidate their understanding by completing the Heat Sources Worksheet.

The concept of heat transference is easily demonstrated with this hands-on lesson.

Introduce the concept of heat transference and explain that heat will always move toward an object or place with less heat, for example, warm air from an air conditioner will move toward the coolest places in the room, in order to warm the air up.

a cup of hot tea

a thermometer

a wheat bag or hot water bottle.

You even get to make a cup of tea! Every teacher's favorite pastime - or was that just me?

Using the Moving Heat Worksheet, encourage students to observe what happens to the temperature of the hot cup of tea over a 30 minute time period.
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Students will show their knowledge and understanding by drawing labeled diagrams of their own examples of heat transference.

This lesson provides students with a science experiment to investigate whether metal, plastic or wood is the best conductor of heat.

After watching the related video, this thought-provoking task requires students to judge the temperature of a metal, plastic and wooden spoon after they've been sitting in hot water for three minutes. Conduct the Science Experiment - Feel The Heat as a class, or give students the opportunity to work in small groups!
Ask guiding questions, such as:

stopwatches

thermometers

ceramic mugs

metal teaspoons

plastic teaspoons

wooden teaspoons

hot water.

They'll never look at a metal slide the same way again!

Allow students to share their results from the experiment.
For this experiment you will need:

What did you discover about thermal conductors?

How might this information be useful for scientists?

Would it be a good idea to sit down on a metal chair that has been in the sun? Why or why not?

The final lesson in this wonderful unit extends students understanding of materials and heat by examining the best insulators of heat.
Ask guiding questions, such as:
Drawing on their prior knowledge of conductors, this Science Experiment - Keeping Out the Heat allows students to investigate if bubble wrap, paper towel or tin foil is the best insulator of heat.

ice cubes

bubble wrap

sealable plastic bags

small measuring cylinders (medicine cups or similar)

paper towel

tin foil.

To wrap up, allow the students to share their results from the experiment.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the content they have studied over the previous six lessons:

What did you discover about thermal insulators?

How might this information be useful for scientists?

Would it be a good idea to serve a hot drink in a paper cup? Why or why not?

As well as the opportunity to use each lesson as formative assessment, consolidate and assess your students' understanding of heat energy with our The Heat is On Worksheet.

Complete a review of the unit as a class, before completing the worksheets independently.

Heat is a form of energy.

Heat moves from warmer objects or places to cooler objects or places.

Sources of heat energy can be electric, kinetic or chemical.

Conductors are materials which easily transfer heat.

Insulators are materials which slow the transfer of heat.

We love all things Science in the Teach Starter office! We hope this unit will help make your classroom be red hot!

Comment below to tell us what Science Unit you would like to see next!

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The Heat is On! A Comprehensive Unit On Heat Energy

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The physical sciences are fascinating topics. Light and Sound, Electricity, and Heat Energy; they are things that everybody on Earth uses nearly every day! Heat energy, in particular, is a vital topic for students to understand.

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Melting Ice Blocks Experiment (ice cubes melting experiment)

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Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one object or area to another. There are three types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.

Conduction is when heat moves through a solid object by the collision of atoms and molecules. An example of this is when you touch a hot stove and feel the heat.

Convection is when heat is transferred by the movement of a liquid or gas. An example of this is when a pot of soup on the stove is heated and the hot soup rises to the top while the cooler soup sinks to the bottom.

Radiation is when heat travels through space as electromagnetic waves. An example of this is when the sun warms the Earth.

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Essential Question:  How do heat energy and temperature change through the different forms of heat transfer, conduction, convection, and radiation and how do these processes play out in everyday life?

This question prompts students to think about the different ways heat is transferred and how it affects the temperature of objects, and how these processes are present in everyday life scenarios. Additionally, it encourages students to reflect on how these different forms of heat transfer relate to each other and how they affect the environment and human lives.