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This is a 30-minute teacher-led demonstration for grades 3-5 on the topic of heat transfer. By watching food coloring added to heated water, students observe the process of convection. Also included are printable student worksheets on heat transfer and ideas for assessment.
Teach Engineering is an NSF-funded Pathway developed to provide high-quality experiential learning materials for K-12 classrooms.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Heat and Temperature
Unit Title: Understanding Temperature and Heat for Teachers of the Early Grades Can heat move? This teacher-led demonstration lets students see how heat energy can travel though convection, as they watch food coloring being added to heated water. Includes a printable student worksheet on heat transfer and ideas for assessment. Links to Units:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=8212">Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering. Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!. Boulder: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering, April 21, 2006.</a>
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(Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_solar_lesson02_activity1).
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Teach Engineering: Heat It Up! (Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering, Boulder, 2005), <https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_solar_lesson02_activity1>.
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Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!. (2006, April 21). Retrieved April 27, 2025, from Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering: https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_solar_lesson02_activity1
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Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering. Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!. Boulder: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering, April 21, 2006. https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_solar_lesson02_activity1 (accessed 27 April 2025).
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Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!. Boulder: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering, 2005. 21 Apr. 2006. 27 Apr. 2025 <https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_solar_lesson02_activity1>.
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Title = {Teach Engineering: Heat It Up!},
Publisher = {Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {27 April 2025},
Month = {April 21, 2006},
Year = {2005}
}
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