Activity 2: Thermal Energy
What do you think the three following topics mean? Before you start watching the videos below and visiting the suggested websites, make a prediction about what you will be learning in this station.
Your predictions should be recorded in your individual Google document, Energy Transfer – Temperature, Thermal Energy, & Heat – Individual Thought. You are then to share your predictions in the class discussion forum Energy Transfer – Temperature, Thermal Energy, & Heat – Activity 2.
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
Your predictions should be recorded in your individual Google document, Energy Transfer – Temperature, Thermal Energy, & Heat – Individual Thought. You are then to share your predictions in the class discussion forum Energy Transfer – Temperature, Thermal Energy, & Heat – Activity 2.
Time to Research (Visit, Read, Watch, & Take Notes)
Now that you have made your predictions, take the time to visit the following websites and to watch the following videos (note, due to copyright, you will need to watch certain videos on outside links). They then read the sections and compare their predictions to what they learned.
Thermal Energy Transfer created by D. Marsh
Allow the following to guide your through your research and note taking process.
- BC Science 10 Textbook: Chapter 10: Kinetic Molecular Theory Explains the Transfer of Thermal Energy by McGraw-Hill
- What is the difference between the three types of heat transfer?
- How does the heat transfer relate to the states of matter?
- Which type heat transfer is from direct contact with another? Which from a fluid state? Which from waves travelling outward from the source?
Websites
You are not required to visit all of the websites listed below. There are a variety of sites for you to choose from; sites listed towards the top are highly recommended for you to visit.
- Energy Transfer and Storage by BBC’s KS3 Bitesize
Videos
You are not required to watch all of the videos listed below. Again the videos listed towards the top are highly recommended.
Energy Transfer: Conduction in the Kitchen by D'Alice Marsh.
|
- Heat by Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Conduction, Convection, Radiation by cstephenmurray
- Conduction, Convection, and Radiation by Andi Lucas
- Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation by Wisc-Online
- What is Radiation? by Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission
Check-In - To Be Completed Before Moving On
Let's have a check in. Take the time to answer the following questions; record your answers in Energy Transfer – Temperature, Thermal Energy, & Heat – Individual Thoughts. (You should be able to answer the following questions without having to refer to your notes).
- What term describes the transfer of heat by direct contact between particles?
- What is the direction of heat transfer: higher temperature areas to lower temperature areas, or lower temperature area to higher?
- What is a conductor?
- What is the term for a substance with low conductivity?
- What is the term for matter that can flow freely?
- Does convection transfer heat or both heat and matter?
- What happens to the density of an uncontained fluid when it is heated?
- What is a convection current?