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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Phase Change and Latent Heat

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to examine heat transfer and calculate final temperature from heat transfer.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Temperature Change and Heat Capacity

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to observe heat transfer and change in temperature and mass and to calculate final temperature after heat transfer between two objects.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Temperature Change and Heat Capacity

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about the transfer of heat that changes an object's temperature. Also discussed is the equation of heat transfer that relates the change in temperature, mass, and specific heat. There is...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Heat and Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial that explores the concepts of heat and temperature, the transfer of energy between substances, the relationship of temperature and the movement of atom, and thermal radiation. The tutorial includes animations, interactive...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: College Physics: Heat

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about how heat and work transfer energy. Also understand how a heat transfer is related to temperature and what mechanical equivalent of heat relates to work and heat transfer. Book can...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Bose Einstein Condensation: Temperature and Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Physics 2000 site, this page exemplifies their usual superb discussion of the concepts of heat, temperature, and absolute zero. Using an entertaining series of cartoon characters, the page gives a very understandable discussion...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Heat to Go

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore heat and temperature with a 5E model lesson.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Urban Heat: A New York City Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, young scholars use a graph to make a hypothesis about the difference between urban heat in New York City streets and in Central Park.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Specifically Speaking About Heat Capacity

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides alternative or additional tier-one learning options to help students understand the concept of specific heat capacity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Heat Transfer

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, students will learn how heat can be transferred in one of three ways: conduction, convection, and radiation.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Heat

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on heat, covering its difference from temperature, thermal energy, and the means by which heat is transferred.
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The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
The difference between heat and temperature is explained, followed by a discussion of temperature and its relation to global climate change. Gallileo Galilee, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius, and Carl Linnaeus are mentioned in...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: No Magic About It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Heat transfer is an important concept that is a part of everyday life yet often misunderstood by students. In this lesson, students learn the scientific concepts of temperature, heat, and the transfer of heat through conduction,...
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College:heat and Temperature Interactive Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this online activity to explore how various substances respond to changes in temperature. Learn how to calibrate a thermometer.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Seasons and Temperature: How Do We Measure Temperature?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated interactive teaches young researchers about scales and devices used to measure temperature.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Heat and Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
With this learning module, students will understand the difference between heat and temperature, convert temperatures among different temperature scales, and calculate specific heat.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using the law of conservation of energy as a starting off point, students use the specific heat equation to perform calculations that relate mass, specific heat,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:1 Investigation 4 Heat Energy and Water

For Teachers 4th
Learn how to differentiate between heat and temperature.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigation of Heat Capacity and Specific Heat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment where students use different temperatures of water and solids to study specific heat and heat capacity. By applying mathematical equations, students can use their data to calculate specific heat and heat capacity. Lesson...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Temperature and Density

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe how heating and cooling affect the density of water. Combine the concepts of temperature, molecular motion, and density to learn that hot water is less dense than room temperature water and that cold water is more dense.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Urban Programs Resource Network: Wind Chill & Heat Index

For Students 5th - 8th
This animated resource helps the younger researcher understand wind chill and heat index.Charts of each are included as are the potential dangers.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and learn about the three ways that heat can be transferred between objects of different...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 3:5 Investigation 4 Heat Misconceptions

For Teachers 3rd
Gloves do not give heat, but will insulate or hold in any heat that is in your hand.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Specific Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the concept of specific heat, learn how it is calculated, and find out how different materials have different specific heat values.

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