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Starter
Answer these questions in your jotter or booklet

1. What piece of equipment is used to measure temperature?

2. What are the units of temperature?
3. Which of the following types of materials can conduction take place in?
Solids? Liquids? Gases?
4. Which of the following types of materials can convection take place in?
Solids? Liquids? Gases?
Starter
Check your answers

1. What piece of equipment is used to measure temperature?

Thermometer
2. What are the units of temperature?
Degrees Celsius
3. Which of the following types of materials can conduction take place in?
Liquids? Gases?
Solids?
4. Which of the following types of materials can convection take place in?
Solids?
Liquids? Gases?
Paper Kettles
LESSON 5
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:

• about convection in liquids

Do you think we make flame proof
paper? DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

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to play full
screen
Paper Kettle Experiment
If you were in class you would get to try this for yourself under the careful supervision of a
science teacher.

DO NOT TRY THIS

AT HOME !!

Aim: to find out if it is possible

to boil water in a paper kettle
Paper Kettle Experiment
Aim: to find out if it is possible to boil water in a paper kettle

Method:
Make a box out of paper
Measure 50 ml of water using a measuring
cylinder
Place paper kettle on tripod over a Bunsen
burner
Pour water into the paper kettle
Light the Bunsen burner and see what
happens.
Click the video to play
Conclusion
Why did the paper kettle
not burn?
Convection is when hot particles
move up and cold particles move
down.
This can happen in liquids and
gases, but not in solids because the
particles need to move.
The paper never gets hot enough to
burn because it is constantly being
cooled by the cooler water moving
down in the convection current.
Examples of Convection
The radiator heats up the air near it. This
then rises as it is less dense than cold air.
A radiator in your house
The warm air circulates around the room.
As it cools it falls to the ground and the
convection current created causes it to
move towards the radiator to be heated
again.
Examples of Convection
Hot air balloons use convection to keep
them in the air. Gas burners underneath the
balloon heat the air inside making it less
dense than colder air outside causing the
hot air balloon to rise.

A convection current is created

in a pan when you are cooking.
The hottest liquids rise to the
top. You want to stir your pan to
ensure everything is an even
temperature.
Click video to play
Answer these questions in your jotter using
sentences.
1. In hot countries, air conditioning units are often positioned
close to the ceiling. Why is this?
2. Which heat transfer method is responsible for cold
draughts in poorly insulated houses? How can these cold
draughts be prevented?
3. Explain why someone standing near a bonfire might feel a
draught near their feet.
4. Freezer display units are often left open in supermarkets
without having a lid on them. Why does the freezer unit
not warm up?

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