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C Cooking with a stone
In this activity, we will investigate how thermal energy is transferred from a mass, and how this physics can he used to help is to slow-cook meat! Criterion C: Processing and Evaluating Thinking > Critical-thinking...
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C What's the temperature?
In this activity you will investigate how the thermal expansion of a liquid can be used to measure temperature. Criterion C: Processing and Evaluating Information literacy skills > collect, record and...
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BC Measuring solar energy
In this activity you will apply your knowledge of thermal transfer and specific heat capacity to estimate the amount of solar energy that arrives at the Earth's surface. Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing ...
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C Measuring specific heat capacity
In this activity, you will use an experimental procedure called calorimetry to measure the specific heat capacity of a metal. Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing (formative) Criterion C: Processing and...
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C Determining a melting point
In this activity you will carry out an experiment to observe what happens when a solid melts. Criterion C: Processing and Evaluating Information literacy skills > collect, record and verify data; process...
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B Is all the ice melting?
In this activity you explore the data about the melting ice caps and then investigate the physics of melting ice. This activity relates to this guiding question from your unit: How does energy affect...
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4.6BC Thermal transfer activities
Look here for criterion B and C activities for the unit inquiry 4.6 Thermal transfer How can we keep it cool? - Investigating thermal insulatorsThis activity relates to this guiding question from your...
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C How much work is in a donut?
Inquiry questions: How is energy 'measured'? How is energy stored? How is energy transferred within and between systems? Is all the energy stored available to do work? In this activity we estimate how...
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4.5BC Energy transfer
Look here for criterion B and C activities for the unit inquiry 4.5 Energy transfer Inquiry questions:How is energy 'measured'?How is energy stored? How is energy transferred within and between systems?...
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B Crash! part 1
Which is safer in a crash - a car that is rigid and does not crumple, or a car that crumples? In this activity we explore the physics of safer car design using crumple zones. Unit statement of inquiry...