The ScienceWiz(R) Heat and Temperature book (52 pages) and kit has
children measuring room temperature from floor to ceiling using an
infrared thermometer. With no touching required, they also measure
the freezing and boiling points of water.
This book explores the states of matter and how those states are
related to temperature (at a fixed pressure). Children learn to
associate the speed of particles within a substance with the idea of
temperature. They learn the difference between temperature and HEAT.
There are 30 projects, INCLUDING:
- Making a thermometer
- Measuring the the temperature of your own body, of room
temperature, of frozen water and of boiling water
- Viewing cold blooded and warm blooded animals in the infrared. How
is infrared related to body temperature?
- Creating an oozing, snaking exothermal reaction with
"elephant-toothpaste" and taking its temperature
- Graphing the temperature of water as it changes from ice water to room
temperature to boiling water
- Racing raisins down metal, plastic and wooden spoon handles. Which
raisin will be the winner?
- Suspending a jar of hot red water over a jar of cold blue water.
How quickly do they mix? Flip it over. Does the result change?
- Making a heat pack
- Studying heat absorption, reflection and retention in the
atmosphere. This includes an explanation of the greenhouse effect --
and CLIMATE CHANGE!
- Learning about convection currents in boiling water, the oceans, the
air, the atmosphere and the sun. Convection here, convection there,
convection everywhere!
- Expanding, contracting and repairing with heat
- Using a thermometer to determine if different colors and materials
absorb heat differently
- Measuring which surfaces, black or white, absorb the most heat and
which reflect the most
- Learning about Absolute Zero
This fifty-two page, illustrated book uses everyday occurrences to make
concrete the abstract topic of thermodynamics.
