Heat Posters

Purpose

Identify the three ways heat is transferred by making a poster that explains each method.

Assignment

Heat is transferred in three different ways:

 Conduction
 Convection
 Radiation

Your assignment is to draw three posters that demonstrate how heat is transferred. Your
poster must include:

 Title. What principal of heat transfer does your poster demonstrate?

 Define. Explain how heat is transferred through that method.
 Illustration. “Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point
across to another person.” Marilyn vos Savant. Draw an illustration that clearly
demonstrates the principle of heat transfer on your poster.

As you are doing this assignment, remember a quote from Albert Einstein – “You do not
really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” You are making
a poster for those who don’t understand the three ways heat is transferred.

Have fun making you posters!

 Heat Posters Rubric
This assignment covers the following Utah state Core 6th Grade Science standards…

STANDARD VI: Students will understand properties and behavior of heat, light, and sound.

Objective 1: Investigate the movement of heat between objects by conduction, convection, and
radiation.

b. Describe the movement of heat from warmer objects to cooler objects by

conduction and convection.
c. Describe the movement of heat across space from the sun to Earth by radiation.

Category 4 3 2 1
Illustrations All graphics are All graphics are All graphics Graphics do not
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source citation. source citation.
Required The poster All required Most of the Several required
Elements includes all elements are required elements were
required included on the elements are missing.
elements as well poster. included on the
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information.
Knowledge Gained Student can Student can Student can Student appears
accurately accurately accurately to have
answer all answer most answer about insufficient
questions related questions related 75% of questions knowledge about
to facts in the to facts in the related to facts the facts or
poster and poster and in the poster and processes used in
processes used processes used processes used the poster.
to create the to create the to create the
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Content - All facts on the All but one or 75% of the facts Few facts on the
Accuracy poster are two facts on the on the poster are poster are
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by the reader. understood by the reader with understood by
the reader. some effort. the reader.