Unit 4C: Keeping Warm

Unit 3C:

Unit 4C: Keeping Warm

Keeping Warm

Unit 4C: Keeping Warm

Unit 4C: Vocabulary

Temperature

a measure of how hot an object is

Thermometer

an instrument used to measure temperature

Degrees Celsius

the units used to measure temperature

Thermal Conductor

a material that lets heat pass through it

Thermal Insulator

a material that doesnt let heat pass through it

Insulate

to keep heat in

Conduct

when heat travels through a material

Unit 4C: Vocabulary

Unit 4C: Hot and Cold

Touch various objects around the room and decide how hot
or cold they are

Object

How hot/cold

Unit 4C: L.O. 1 : N.C. 3.2c

Unit 4C: Hot and Cold

Work in pairs: 1 of you put a hand in the cold bowl and 1 of you
put your hand in the hot bowl.
After a few seconds, take your hands out of the water and into
the 3rd bowl of water.
Is the water hot or cold?
Is touch the best way to determine if things are hot or cold?
Unit 4C: L.O. 1 : N.C. 3.2c

Unit 4C: Measuring temperature

We use a thermometer to measure temperature

30 degrees 85 degrees

0 degrees
Unit 4C: L.O. 2

60 degrees 15 degrees

Unit 4C: Measuring Temperature

Carefully take thermometer readings for each of the following

situations:
Situation
Held in air
Blown across
Held under cold tap
Beaker of water left for 1 hour
Cup of freshly made tea
Cup of tea left for 15 minutes

Unit 4C: L.O. 2,3,4 : N.C. 3.2c

Temperature

Unit 4C: What happens to the temperature and why?

after 1 min

after 5 min

after 15 min

If an ice cube is left at room temperature what happens to it

and why does this happen?
If a cup of tea is left at room temperature what happens to it and
why does this happen?
Unit 4C: L.O.4 : N.C. 3.2c

Unit 4C: Temperature around the classroom

Draw a plan of the classroom. Select 3 or 4 different places to

take the temperature which you think will have different
temperatures.
Which locations have you chosen?
Why have you selected these
particular locations?

Set up a sensor in each of your chosen locations and leave

them to record the temperature over a 24 hour period.

Unit 4C: L.O. 5

Unit 4C: Temperature around the classroom

Look at the results you have obtained over the 24 hours.

What do they show?
Is the temperature different in the different locations?
If so, can you explain why?
Does the temperature change at different times of the
day? If so, can you suggest any reasons why?
Is it better to take temperatures with the sensors or
a thermometer? Why do you think this?

Unit 4C: L.O. 5

Unit 4C: Keeping the half time drinks cool

In the World Cup 2006, the organisers are worried that the half
time drinks will be too warm for the players by the end of the first
half. Your task is to investigate a number of different materials
that could be used to make a container to keep the drinks cold.
The materials available to you are:

Polythene

Sponge sheeting

Bubble wrap

Aluminium foil

Unit 4C: L.O. 6,7,8,9 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the half time drinks cool

Decide how you will carry out the investigation. What apparatus
will you need?
What will you use as a cold drink?
How will you record your results?
How many results will you take and how often?
How will you decide which is the best material?
How will you make sure it is a fair test?
Which is the best material for the job?
Try to explain why you think this one is the best.

Unit 4C: L.O. 6,7,8,9 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the half time drinks cool- Support slide

In the World Cup 2006, the organisers are worried that the half
time drinks will be too warm for the players by the end of the first
half. Your task is to investigate a number of different materials
that could be used to make a container to keep the drinks cold.
The materials available to you are:

Polythene
Bubble wrap
Sponge sheeting
Aluminium foil
Unit 4C: L.O. 6,7,8,9 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the half time drinks cool- Support slide

For the cold drink use a beaker of iced water as shown in the picture.
Take the temperature at the start time 0 then every 2 minutes.
To make the test fair only wrap the material round the beaker once.
Record the results in a table

beaker of water

thermometer

stopwatch
aluminium foil

Unit 4C: L.O. 6,7,8,9 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the half time drinks cool- Support slide

time

foil

polythene

bubble wrap

sponge

0 min
2 min
4 min
6 min
8 min
10 min
12 min
14 min
Which is the best material for the job?
Try to explain why you think this one is the best.
Unit 4C: L.O. 6,7,8,9 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping warm

What kind of clothes do we wear in the winter to keep warm?

Unit 4C: L.O. 10,11,12,13,14 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the Professors soup warm

Professor Mac likes to go bird watching in the

winter. He always takes a flask of soup but
finds that it goes cold too quickly when he
pours it into his plastic mug. He needs you to
investigate what material he could wrap
around his mug to keep his soup hot for longer
The materials he wants you to use are:

Polythene

Sponge sheeting

Bubble wrap

Aluminium foil

Unit 4C: L.O. 10,11,12,13,14 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the Professors soup warm

Decide how you will carry out the investigation. What apparatus
will you need?
What will you use as a soup?
How will you record your results?
How many results will you take and how often?
How will you decide which is the best material?
How will you make sure it is a fair test?
Which is the best material for the job?
Try to explain why you think this one is the best.

Unit 4C: L.O. 10,11,12,13,14 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the Professors soup warm

For the soup use a beaker of hot water as shown in the picture.
Take the temperature at the start time 0 then every 2 minutes.
To make the test fair only wrap the material round the beaker once.
Record the results in a table

beaker of hot water

thermometer

stopwatch
aluminium foil

Unit 4C: L.O. 10,11,12,13,14 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Keeping the Professors soup warm

time

foil

polythene

bubble wrap

sponge

0 min
2 min
4 min
6 min
8 min
10 min
12 min
14 min
Which is the best material for the job?
Try to explain why you think this one is the best.
Unit 4C: L.O. 10,11,12,13,14 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Thermal Insulators

Which material was the best at keeping the cold drink cold?
Which material was the best at keeping the Professors soup hot?
Is there anything you notice about this?
What does a flask do?

Keeps HOT things HOT

Keeps COLD things COLD
Good Thermal Insulators will keep HOT things HOT and COLD
things COLD
Unit 4C: L.O. 15 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Thermal Insulators

Thermal Insulators

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Unit 4C: Are metals good insulators?

plastic spoon
wooden spoon
metal spoon

hot water

Which spoons would still feel cold after 5 minutes?

Which spoons would feel hot after 5 minutes?
Unit 4C: L.O. 16,17 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Are metals good insulators?

Why do saucepans normally have wooden or plastic handles?

Wood and plastic are good INSULATORS of heat.
Think about the work you have done on ELECTRICAL
CONDUCTORS and INSULATORS. What type of materials were
good ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS?

METALS
METALS ARE GOOD AS BOTH THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL
CONDUCTORS.
HEAT ENERGY CAN TRAVEL ALONG THE METAL SPOON

Unit 4C: L.O. 16,17 : N.C. 3.1b

Unit 4C: Uses of thermal insulators

Saucepan handle
Coats

Tea cosy
What are
thermal insulators
used for?

Coolboxes

Flasks
Oven gloves

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Unit 4C: Summary

hot

hot things hot

cold things cold

insulators

cold

plastics & wood

touch

not accurate

a number
of uses
food

Keeping Warm

clothing
home insulation

conductors

temperature
thermometer
degrees celsius

allow heat through

metals are good
Unit 4C: Summary