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Heat Bot - K1

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COMBINED RATING

3.7 Stars

TEACHERS (13)

4.2

STUDENTS (3223)

3.3

LENGTH

30 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Help HeatBot-K1 solve 3D puzzles to understand heat flow concepts. Heat up, cool down, and transfer heat between boxes to reach the goal.

Vocabulary Words

temperature

heat

Celsius

Fahrenheit

Kelvin

energy flow

thermal conduction

equilibrium

thermal energy (internal energy)

kinetic energy

insulator

conductor

radiate

electromagnetic wave

infrared

visible light

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Flow of Thermal Energy. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Energy transfers out of hotter regions or objects to colder ones.

Kinetic energy is the energy associated with the motion of matter.

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.

Radiation is a form of heat transfer in which thermal energy is transferred through electromagnetic waves.

Conduction is a form of heat transfer in which thermal energy is transferred through direct collisions between particles in substances.

Heat flow decreases the temperature/kinetic energy of particles in the warmer substance.

Heat flow increases the temperature/kinetic energy of particles in the cooler substance.

The faster the motion of particles in a substance, the greater the temperature.

Thermal conductors are materials that do not impede the flow of thermal energy.

Thermal insulators are materials that resist the flow of thermal energy.

Temperature scales include: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.

Heat flow between substances stops when both substances reach the same temperature.

The greater the difference in temperature between two substances, the faster the rate of heat transfer.

Thermal energy, also known as internal energy, is the energy associated with the random movement of particles in a substance.

Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from a substance with a higher temperature to a substance with a lower temperature.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How does a pot of water get hot? How can you make an object hotter or colder? How do we measure how hot something is?

After the Game

In which direction does energy flow between a hot object and a cooler object? How is the rate of thermal conduction affected by the temperatures of the two objects? When does thermal conduction stop? What is kinetic energy? In terms of energy, what is temperature actually measuring? What are everyday examples of the transfer of thermal energy?