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What's the Hottest Hot and Coldest Cold? Instructional VideoWhat's the Hottest Hot and Coldest Cold? Instructional Video
Publisher
Be Smart
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:47
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For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Year
2018
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What's the Hottest Hot and Coldest Cold?

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When temperatures get extreme, physics gets a little weird! Show physics scholars the lowest man-made temperature to date, as well as the extreme heat of the Big Bang using a video from an extensive playlist. The narrator explains some notable contributors to the study of heat, how scientists achieve extreme temperatures, and why physics as we know it stops working.

5 Views 4 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

temperature, measuring temperature, heat, subatomic particles, particles, the big bang theory, lord kelvin, degrees kelvin, absolute zero, motion, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, the heisenberg uncertainty principal, atoms

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the video to highlight the latest discoveries in temperature or to supplement a study of the effects of temperature on matter
  • Use a cool interactive to help learners explore the chilly world of Boze-Einstein condensates

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource covers some high-level quantum mechanics topics, so viewers should brush up on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle before watching
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Funny, informative narration makes the video very engaging
  • The narrator uses analogies to help viewers understand some of the extreme quantities discussed in the video

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2

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