- Anchors Away!
- As Far As I Can Sea
- Bounce
- By All Indications
- Create a Crater
- Fossil Puzzler
- Get Cooking
- How's the Weather?
- Impact!
- It's All Relative
- Keep It Up
- Layers of Earth
- Let's Get Carried Away!
- Look Out Below!
- Motion In The Ocean
- Play Ball
- Sand Shake
- School of Rock
- Shaky Ground
- Smoke on the Water
- Super Soaked Soil
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Watching Weather
- Weathering Cubes
- What Lies Beneath?
- What Am I?
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Hands-on Activity
It's Melting!
Summary
In this activity, students will observe how ice melts on wood and metal blocks, and they will draw conclusions about
how heat conducts through different materials.
Overview
Topic:Heat transfer
Real World Science Topics:
Real World Science Topics:
- An exploration of the thermal conductivity of different substances
- An exploration of heat and phase changes
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of how heat is conducted through different materials, and they will explore how materials can be modified to alter their conductive properties.
Activity Difficulty Rating: 3 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.
5-MINUTE REFRESHER
TAKE FIVE
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