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Cold Metal
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Visit this Exploratorium site for an activity on how warm or cold objects seem to the touch.  Students can touch pieces of wood, metal, and Styrofoam; then order them by estimated temperature. Then conduct temperature measurements. The site contains an explanation of the observations and descriptions of insulators and conductors. This activity is part of Exploratorium's Science Snacks series.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Resistance
General Physics
- Properties of Matter
Heat
- Thermal Properties of Matter
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 Exploratorium
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Keywords: conductivity, conductor, insulator, resistivity, temperature, thermal conductivity
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 13, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Aug 02, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 August 4, 2006
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal).
AJP/PRST-PER
Cold Metal (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal>.
APA Format
Cold Metal. (2006, August 4). Retrieved February 8, 2026, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Cold Metal. San Francisco: Exploratorium, August 4, 2006. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal (accessed 8 February 2026).
MLA Format
Cold Metal. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. 4 Aug. 2006. 8 Feb. 2026 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal>.
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@misc{ Title = {Cold Metal}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {8 February 2026}, Month = {August 4, 2006}, Year = {2006} }
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