Heat - Task Card Series Author:Ron Marson Your students will study heat in all its forms: how it conducts through metals and nonmetals how it convects through water and air how it radiates through space. Test tubes of water wrapped in shiny foil or dull black paper lead students to conclusions about heat absorbers and emitters cooling curves reveal the best insulator and the best conduc... more »tor a jar of moist sand demonstrates the greenhouse effect. Whether heat is supplied by their own hands or a burning peanut, your students will discover that mass and temperature both count when computing calories. The book is organized into three main parts: INTRODUCTION* A TOPS Model for Effective Science Teaching * Getting Ready * Gathering Materials * Sequencing Task Cards * Long Range Objectives * Review / Test Questions TEACHING NOTES (20 lessons)* Hot Wire * Heat Race * Conductors / Insulators * Cold Finger * Rise and Fall * Convention Machine * Too Hot to Handle? * Paper Cooking Pot * Radiation * Reflection / Absorption * Best Emitter? * Best Absorber? * The Greenhouse Effect * Hold that Heat * Cold Hands * Water Mix (1) * Water Mix (2) * Heat Capacity (1) * Heat Capacity (2) * Peanut Power REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS* 20 Open-Ended Task Cards * Graph PaperAuthor: Ron Marson, Illustrated by Peg MarsonSubject Area: PhysicsLevel: Grades 8-12Format: 56 pages, PaperbackPublisher: TOPS Learning Systems (1990)ISBN: 0-941008-85-1« less
ISBN-13: 9780941008853 ISBN-10: 0941008851 Pages:56 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: