Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Benchmark Today
Know definitions for heat terms:
Conduction      Convection               
Radiation         Celsius                      
Fahrenheit        Kelvin
Expansion        Contraction               
Specific Heat    Absolute 0                
Heat                 Temperature
Insulator           Conductor                 
Kinetic Theory of Matter


Labs/Demos:
Conductors/Insulators        
-what make a good conductor or insulator
-what do you know about their SH?
-keep heat energy in/or cold out?
             
Heat Transfer                     
-transfer of heat between two different temperatures water

Hot water/cold water         
-how will food color mix in two different temps of water

Wheel of Specific Heats    
-butter melts off of which first? High SH or Low SH
-what has a high SH, what has a low SH

Expansion/Contraction      
-ball and ring demo
-thermometer