Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Physical States and Properties: Properties of Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about what solids are and properties associated with solid matter.
Activity
Colorado State University

Csu: Heat Transfer Mechanisms

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent page from the Colorado State University with a heavy mathematical emphasis. Each form of heat transfer--conduction, convection, and radiation--is defined, compared, and contrasted. Mathematical equations governing the rates...
Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Heat Transfer Mechanisms

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent page from the Colorado State University with a heavy mathematical emphasis. Each form of heat transfer--conduction, convection, and radiation--is defined, compared and contrasted. Mathematical equations governing the rates...
Handout
Chemicool

Chemicool: Platinum

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of tables summarizing a great many chemical and physical properties of platinum.
Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State Univ.: Heat Transfer Resistance Modeling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Colorado State University discusses the tranfer of heat by conduction and convection. Discussion centers around the application of these two heat transfer mechanisms to engines. The variables that effect the resistance...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Step 7: Improve and Redesign/manufacture a Product

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As students learn more about the manufacturing process, they use what they learned from testing their designs in the previous activity to continue to improve and redesign. Students also have the opportunity to manufacture their final...