Conduction is the transfer of heat through a solid.
An example of this is heating up a pan (solid).
What other forms of conduction do you know?
Convection is the transfer of heat through liquid or gas.
An example of this is a convection oven cooking food by heating the air inside of the oven.
Can you think of another form of convection?
Radiation is heat transferred directly to an object through the air or a vacuum.
The most common example of this heat transfer is microwave ovens.
What is another HUGE source of radiation that you can think of?
Question: Which material conducts heat fastest?
Hypothesis:
I think that aluminum will melt the
wax first, then iron, and lastly glass.
Materials:
Gas cooker, candle, matches, thumb tacks, glass rod, iron rod, and aluminum rod.
Procedure:
1. Melt wax onto rods and stick a thumb tack to each.
2. Place rods over flame.
3. Wait and observe which tacks fall first.
Results:
1 minute 17 seconds
Aluminum
1st- Aluminum
2nd- Iron
3rd- Glass
We learned about circuits in class today.
A circuit has to be a complete CIRCLE!
We even did an experiment:
Title: Bulb Brightness
Question: What happens when you add bulbs to an electrical circuit?
Hypothesis:
1. Some girls thought the bulbs would not work.
2. Some girls thought the bulbs would get brighter.
3. Some girls thought the bulbs would grow dimmer each time.
Materials:
4 Batteries
4 Battery Boxes
5 wires
5 light bulbs
Procedures:
1. Assemble an electrical circuit with batteries and two bulbs (record data).
2. Add a third light bulb to the circuit (record data).
3. Add a fourth light bulb to the circuit (record data).
4. Add the 5th and final light bulb (record data).
Results:
2 Bulbs: Both bulbs lit up. They were pretty bright. About a 5 in brightness (scale 1-10).
3 Bulbs: All three bulbs lit up, but they were dimmer About a 3 in brightness.
4 Bulbs: Bulbs lit up, but just barely. About a 1.
[4 Bulbs (2nd class): Only three bulbs lit up a tiny bit]
5 Bulbs: No bulbs lit up.
[5 Bulbs (2nd class): A very small amount of orange showed up on 2 bulbs.
Conclusion: The more bulbs that were added to the circuit, the dimmer it became.
VOCABULARY:
Bulb or light bulb
Filament: Some wire that lights up when energy is sent through the bulb
Battery: A source of energy used to create a circuit
Battery Box: The box around the battery that helps send the energy in the right direction.
Wires: the metal covered connectors
Dim: Less light
Bright: More light