Thermal Energy

MS-PS1-4 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed. 

Vocabulary: energy, thermal energy, particles, conductors, insulators, convection, conduction, molecules.

Google Doc

1. Watch the brainPop and answer the following questions

    a. What is energy?

    b. What is kinetic energy

    c. What is chemical energy?

    d. What is mechanical energy

    e. What is nuclear energy? 

2. Watch the StudySync and answer the following questions. 

    a. What is thermal energy?

    b. What is a system?

    c. What is kinetic energy?

    d. What happens to the stove as the molecules move faster? 

    e. What happens when the pot is put on the stove? 

    f. What is heat? 

3. Watch the Edpuzzle and answer the questions. (Put the answers in the Google Doc)

4. Complete the Virtural Lab using Edpuzzle, record your predictions in the Google Doc 

5. Lesson: Heat Transfer

    a. What is convection?

    b. What is conduction?

    c. What is radiation? 

6. Kahoot! Heat Transfer (Put the answers in the Google Doc) 

7. Watch the lesson and answer the following questions. 

    a. What is a molecule? 

    b. is a small molecule that's made up of just two hydrogen atoms joined ______________. 

8. ScienceFlix: States of Matter, JWMS student ask your teacher for the user name/password. (Don't have ScienceFlix at your school try a free trial) 

    a. Watch the movie

    b. Read or listen to the "Read It".

    c. Do the lab (you will need the following supplies, if you don't have access to the supplies ask you teacher what to do) 

 Here's what you'll need:

• Ice

• Water

• Cooler or large container

• Rock salt (the type used to treat sidewalks, about one cup)

• Large spoon

• Thermometer

• Bottled filtered water (These must be plastic bottles—glass bottles can shatter!)

Time required: 2 hours

     d. Do the show what you know