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Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14 Instructional VideoHeat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14 Instructional Video
Publisher
Crash Course
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
STEM
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
8:36
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Duration
10 mins
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Year
2018
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Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14

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Heat up your lesson with a useful resource. An informative video describes the three main types of heat transfer: conduction, radiation, and convection. It explains how these methods of heat transfer should be taken in consideration when designing a building on a tropical island. 

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Concepts

heat transfer, conduction, convection, radiation

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide cloze notes for learners to fill in
  • Challenge groups to design the ideal home using the concepts from the video

Classroom Considerations

  • References previous videos in the series
  • 14th episode in the Crash Course Engineering playlist
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Highlights important formulas by showing them on screen with variables in different colors
  • Explanations are easy to follow

Cons

  • None

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