Grade 5 Heat Webquest

Jon Yellowlees , Langham Elementary School

THE NATURE OF HEAT

1. Effects of Heat on Matter

2 . Kinetic Molecular Theory

3. Measuring Temperature

4. Sources of Heat Energy

THE TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY

1. Conduction

2. Convection

3. Radiation

4. Heat Conservation

Langham Elementary
School
Langham, Saskatchewan
Canada

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Click on the websites below in order. Carefully read through the information on each website. Feel free to make any notes that you wish in your science notebook. There will be a quiz at the end of the webquest.

Section One: The Nature of Heat

1. Our first stop concerns the effects heat has on matter: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

2. Next, we will travel to a site to find out about something called "kinetic molecular theory". Those are some big words that mean "ideas about how the matter's building blocks move around". http://www.psinvention.com/kinetic.htm

3. Our third topic is "measuring temperature".  Here is an explanation of how thermometers work: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/how_it_works/thermometer.html .

4. Next, we are going to look at some sources of heat energy. http://www.saskwest.ca/schools/le/wq/heat/heat_energy.htm

Section Two: The Transfer of Heat Energy

1. This stop will focus on conduction: http://www.mec.edu/gltech/library/htmlaps/mackenzie/conduction.htm

2. Our next stop will focus on convection: http://www.mec.edu/gltech/library/htmlaps/mackenzie/mackenzie.htm#Convection

3. Our third stop will help us understand more about radiation, as well as conduction and convection. http://www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm

4. Our last stop will help us think about heat conservation in buildings. http://www.saskenergy.com/tips/default.htm

It is time to see what you have learned so far. Feel free to use your notebooks as you write the quiz.   http://www.quia.com/tq/268763.html