4/3/2015

Starting with an experience: Ever walk barefoot across a sidewalk on a sunny day?
How did it feel? Beach? Why?

Heat

Thermal Energy Transfer

Thermal energy transfer is heat moving from a
warmer object to a cooler object.

Starting with simple ideas and experiences

Using examples from everyday life.

How is Heat Transferred?
There are THREE ways heat can move.
Conduction
Convection

Radiation
Transfer of heat through waves.
All forms of energy that travel through space as
waves.
All energy that reaches Earth from sun is in the
form of electromagnetic spectrum.

Radiation

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Tying in personal experience with science

Examples of RADIATION
1. Fire
2. Heat Lamps
3. Sun

Have you ever

Touched a metal spoon sitting in a pan of boiling
water only to be surprised by HOW hot it is??

Conduction
Transfer of heat through contact.

EXAMPLE OF CONDUCTION
A piece of cheese melts as heat is transferred
from the meat to the cheese (Contact)

Think back to what you know about metals and

nonmetals. What conducts heat better, metal or
nonmetal? Why?

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Explaining Convection
Convection
Transfer of heat through a medium.
because of uneven temperature and density
Density less dense rises

Convection
currents cause the
cooler breezes
you experience by
a large body of
water.
These currents
also cause the
movement of
magma within the
earth.

Explaining the why

3 ways heat are transferred

Conduction
Transfer of heat through contact/touch

Convection
Transfer of heat through a medium (air or water)

Radiation
Transfer of heat through waves (sun)