Name: ______________________________ Grade & Sec.

:___________ Score:_________
Teacher:____________________________ Date:___________________ Rating:_________

Activity 1
Warm me up, cool me down
Objective
In this activity, you should be able to describe the condition
necessary for heat transfer to take place and trace the direction in which heat
is transferred.

Materials Needed
 2 small containers (drinking cups or glasses)
 2 big containers (enough to accommodate the small containers)
 tap water
 hot water
 food coloring
 laboratory thermometers (with reading up to 100oC)

Procedure
1. Label the small and big containers
as shown in Figure 2.

2. Half fill containers 1, 2, and A with

tap water. Half fill also container B
with hot water. Be careful when you
pour hot water into the container.

3. Add few drops of food coloring on

the larger containers.

4. Measure the initial temperature of

water in each of the 4 containers, in
degree Celsius (°C). Record your
measurements in Table 1.

5. Carefully place container 1 inside

container A (Figure 3). This will be
your Setup 1.

6. Place also container 2 inside

container B. This will be your Setup 2.

7. Measure the temperature of water in all containers 2 minutes after

arranging the setups. Record again your measurements in the table (after 2
minutes).

8. Continue to measure and record the temperature of water after 4, 6, 8, and

10 minutes. Write all your measurements in the table below.
 Table 1. Temperature readings for Setup 1 and Setup 2

Q1. In which setup did you find changes in the temperature of water
inside the containers? In which setup did you NOT find changes in
the temperature of water inside the containers?

Q2. In which setup is heat transfer taking place between the containers?

Q3. What then is the condition necessary for heat transfer to take place between
objects?

9. Refer to the changes in the temperature of water in the setup where

heat transfer is taking place.
Q4. Which container contains water with higher initial temperature? What
happens to its temperature after 2 minutes?

Q5. Which container contains water with lower initial temperature? What
happens to its temperature after 2 minutes?

Q6. If heat is related to temperature, what then is the direction of heat that
transfers between the containers?

Q7. What happens to the temperature of water in each container after 4, 6, 8,

and 10 minutes? What does this tell us about the heat transfer taking
place between the containers?

Q8. Until when do you think will heat transfer continue to take place between
the containers?
 If your teacher allows it, you may continue to measure the temperature
of the water in both containers for your basis in answering Q8. And if
you plot the temperature vs. time graph of the water in both containers, you
will obtain a graph similar to Figure 4.

10. Analyze the graph and answer the following questions:

Q9. What does the blue curved line on the graph show? Which container does
this represent?

Q10. What does the red curved line on the graph show? Which container does
this represent?

Q11. What does the orange broken line in the graph show? Is heat
transfer still taking place during this time? If yes, where is heat transfer
now taking place?

Conclusion:
Name: ______________________________ Grade & Sec.:___________ Score:_________
Teacher:____________________________ Date:___________________ Rating:_________

Activity 2
Which feels colder?
Objective
In this activity, you should be able to describe heat transfer by
conduction and compare the heat conductivities of materials based on
their relative coldness.

Materials Needed
 small pieces of different objects (copper/silver coin, paper, aluminum
foil, iron nail, etc.)
 laboratory thermometer

Procedure

Part A: To be performed one day ahead.

1. Place a laboratory thermometer inside the freezer of the refrigerator.

2. Place also your sample objects inside the freezer at the same time. Leave
them inside the freezer overnight.

Part B: To be performed the next day.

3. Take the temperature reading from the thermometer inside the freezer.

Q1. What is the temperature reading inside the freezer?

Q2. If ever there is a way to measure also the temperature of the objects placed
inside the freezer, how do you think will their temperature compare with
each other and with the temperature reading from the thermometer?

4. Touch one object lightly with your finger and feel it.

Q3. Did heat transfer take place between your finger and the object? If yes, how
and in what direction did heat transfer between them?

Q4. Did you feel the object cold? What made it so? (Relate this to your answer in
Q3.)

5. Touch the rest of the objects inside the freezer using different fingers, then
observe.
Q5. Did the objects feel equally cold? What does this tell us about the amount of
heat transferred when you touch each object?

Q6. Which among the objects feels ‘coldest’? Which feels ‘warmest’?

Q7. Which among the objects is the best conductor of heat? Which object is
the poorest conductor of heat?

Conclusion:
Name: ______________________________ Grade & Sec.:___________ Score:_________
Teacher:____________________________ Date:___________________ Rating:_________

Activity 3
Move me up
You have previously learned that water is a poor conductor of heat, as
shown in Table 2. But why is it that when you heat the bottom of the pan
containing water, the entire water evenly gets hot quickly? Think of the answer
to this question while performing this next activity.

Objective
In this activity, you should be able to observe and describe convection of
heat through liquids.

Materials Needed
 2 transparent containers (drinking glass, beaker, bottle)
 dropper
 hot water
 cold water
 piece of cardboard

Be careful not to bump the table or shake the container at any time
during the experiment.

Procedure
1. Fill one of the glass containers with tap water.

2. While waiting for the water to become still, mix in a separate container a
few drops of food coloring with a small amount of very cold water. (You may
also make the food coloring cold by placing the bottle inside the refrigerator
for at least an hour before you perform the activity.)

3. Suck a few drops of cold food coloring using the dropper and slowly dip the
end of the medicine dropper into the container with tap water, down to the
bottom. See to it that the colored water does not come out of the dropper yet
until its end reaches the bottom of the container.

4. Slowly press the dropper to release a small amount of the

liquid at the bottom of the container. Then slowly remove
the dropper from the container, making sure not to
disturb the water. Observe for few minutes.

Q1. Does the food coloring stay at the bottom of the container
or does it mix with the liquid above it?

5. Fill the other container with hot water.

6. Place the cardboard over the top of the container with hot water.
Then carefully place the container with tap water on top of it. The
cardboard must support the container on top as shown in Figure 5.

Q2. What happens to the food coloring after placing the container above
the other container? Why does this happen?

Q3. How is heat transfer taking place in the setup? Where is heat coming from
and where is it going?

Q4. Is there a transfer of matter, the food coloring, involved during the transfer
of heat?

Q5. You have just observed another method of heat transfer, called convection.
In your own words, how does convection take place? How is this
process different from conduction?

Q6. Do you think convection only occurs when the source of heat is at the bottom
of the container? What if the source of heat is near the top of the container?
You may try it by interchanging the containers in your previous experiment.

Conclusion:
Name: ______________________________ Grade & Sec.:___________ Score:_________
Teacher:____________________________ Date:___________________ Rating:_________

Activity 4
Keep it cold

So far you have learned that heat can be transferred by

conduction and convection. In each method, a material, either a solid or a
liquid or gas, is required. But can heat also transfer even without the material?
If we stay under the sun for a while, do we not feel warm? But how does
the heat from this very distant object reach the surface of the earth? The
transfer of energy from the sun across nearly empty space is made possible
by radiation. Radiation takes place even in the absence of material.

Do you know that all objects, even ordinary ones, give off heat
into the surrounding by radiation? Yes, and that includes us! But why don't
we feel it? We do not feel this radiation because we are normally surrounded by
other objects of the same temperature. We can only feel it if we happen to
stand between objects that have different temperature, for example, if we stand
near a lighted bulb, a burning object, or stay under the Sun.

All objects emit and absorb radiation although some objects are
better at emitting or absorbing radiation than others. Try out this next activity
for you to find out. In this activity, you will determine how different surfaces of
the object affect its ability to absorb heat.

Introduction
One hot sunny day, Cobi and Mumble walked into a tea shop and each
asked for an order of iced milk tea for takeout. The crew told them as part of
their promo, their customers can choose the color of the tumbler they want to
use, pointing to the array of containers made of the same material but
are of different colors and textures. Cobi favored the container with a dull
black surface, saying that the milk tea will stay cooler if it is placed in a
black container. Mumble remarked that the tea would stay even cooler if it
is in a container with bright shiny surface.

Prediction
1. If you were in their situation, which container do you think will keep the
iced milk tea cooler longer? Explain your choice.

2. Assuming an initial temperature of 5°C, predict the possible temperatures of

the milk tea in each container after 5, 10, 15, and 20 minutes.
Assume that the containers are covered.
Task:
Design a laboratory activity that will enable you to test your prediction.
See to it that you will conduct a fair investigation. Start by answering the
questions below:

 What problem are you going to solve? (Testable Question)

 What are you going to vary? (Independent variable)

 What are you not going to vary? (Controlled Variables)

 What are you going to measure? (Dependent variables)

1. Write down your step by step procedure. Note that you may use the light
from the sun or from the lighted bulb as your source of energy.

2. Collect your data according to your procedure. Present your data in

tabulated form.

3. Analyze your data and answer the following questions:

Q1. Which container warmed up faster?

Q2. Which container absorbs heat faster?

Q3. Which container will keep the milk tea cooler longer? Is your prediction
correct?

Q4. Will the same container also keep a hot coffee warmer longer that the
other?
Name: ______________________________ Grade & Sec.:___________ Score:_________
Teacher:____________________________ Date:___________________ Rating:_________

Activity 5
All at once
Task 1
Heat transfer is evident everywhere around us. Look at the illustration
below. This illustration depicts several situations that involve heat transfer.
Your task is to identify examples of situations found in the illustration
that involve the different methods of heat transfer.

1. Encircle three situations in the drawing that involve any method of

heat transfer. Label them 1, 2, and 3.

2. Note that in your chosen situations, there could be more than one heat
transfer taking place at the same time. Make your choices more specific by
filling up Table 3
Task 2
Below is a diagram showing the basic parts of the thermos bottle.
Examine the parts and the different materials used. Explain how these help to
keep the liquid inside either hot or cold for a longer period of time. Explain also
how the methods of heat transfer are affected by each material.