Energy Heats Maine
The Energy Heats Maine instructional unit includes nine downloadable lessons that investigate sources of heat, the nature of heat and thermal energy, heat transfers, and conservation of heat in the context of every day experiences.
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Energy Heats Maine targets the following learning goals: Students will progress toward a scientific understanding of heat and thermal energy as they:
- confront common misconceptions about heat and thermal energy.
- associate thermal energy with the movement of molecules.
- distinguish heat as thermal energy that is moving from one place to another.
- describe how heat transfers from warmer systems to cooler systems.
- discover that the rate of heat transfer can be altered by using insulating materials.
- recognize conduction, convection, and radiation as mechanisms of heat transfer.
- differentiate between a heat source and an object affected by a heat source.
- apply understandings of heat to everyday situations.
- tie understandings of heat to issues such as energy efficiency and energy conservation.
