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PBS Learning Media: Infrared Gallery
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This set of images and video produced with infrared photography lets students "see" heat radiation.  Infrared is emitted by anything with a temperature -- even cold objects. The photographic technique is a way to visualize the transfer of energy from hotter to colder regions and build accurate concepts about radiant energy. Images depict a variety of objects: hot coffee, Old Faithful geyser, ice cubes, cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals, and hot springs.  

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education Practices
- Technology
= Multimedia
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electromagnetic Radiation
= Electromagnetic Spectrum
Optics
- General
Thermo & Stat Mech
- First Law
= Heat Transfer
- Kinetic and Diffusive Processes
= Thermal Conductivity
- Thermal Properties of Matter
= Temperature
- High School
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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- Educators
- General Publics
- application/flash
- text/html
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Keywords:
electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, heat conduction, heat transfer, image set, infrared, infrared light, infrared photography, infrared photos, optics
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created June 12, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
March 28, 2009
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Next Generation Science Standards

Energy (4-PS3)

Students who demonstrate understanding can: (4)
  • Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. (4-PS3-2)

Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Definitions of Energy (PS3.A)
  • Energy can be moved from place to place by moving objects or through sound, light, or electric currents. (4)
  • The term "heat" as used in everyday language refers both to thermal energy (the motion of atoms or molecules within a substance) and the transfer of that thermal energy from one object to another. In science, heat is used only for this second meaning; it refers to the energy transferred due to the temperature difference between two objects. (6-8)
Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer (PS3.B)
  • The amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment. (6-8)
  • Energy is spontaneously transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones. (6-8)

Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)

Energy and Matter (2-12)
  • Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects. (4-5)
  • Energy may take different forms (e.g. energy in fields, thermal energy, energy of motion). (6-8)

NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information (K-12)
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information in 3–5 builds on K–2 experiences and progresses to evaluating the merit and accuracy of ideas and methods. (3-5)
    • Obtain and combine information from books and other reliable media to explain phenomena. (3-4)

AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4E. Energy Transformations
  • 3-5: 4E/E2b. When warmer things are put with cooler ones, heat is transferred from the warmer ones to the cooler ones.
  • 6-8: 4E/M2. Energy can be transferred from one system to another (or from a system to its environment) in different ways: 1) thermally, when a warmer object is in contact with a cooler one; 2) mechanically, when two objects push or pull on each other over a distance; 3) electrically, when an electrical source such as a battery or generator is connected in a complete circuit to an electrical device; or 4) by electromagnetic waves.
  • 6-8: 4E/M4. Energy appears in different forms and can be transformed within a system. Motion energy is associated with the speed of an object. Thermal energy is associated with the temperature of an object. Gravitational energy is associated with the height of an object above a reference point. Elastic energy is associated with the stretching or compressing of an elastic object. Chemical energy is associated with the composition of a substance. Electrical energy is associated with an electric current in a circuit. Light energy is associated with the frequency of electromagnetic waves.
  • 6-8: 4E/M6. Light and other electromagnetic waves can warm objects. How much an object's temperature increases depends on how intense the light striking its surface is, how long the light shines on the object, and how much of the light is absorbed.
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