Thermal Cameras

Discovery Center

• 4 FLIR C3-X Compact Thermal Cameras

• 8 HotSnapZ packets

Tips

•  Try drawing with ice

• Find air leaks in your classroom or school

• Warm some pennies in hot water then scatter around and look for "hot spots", similar to a firefighter looking for a person in a smokey building.

• Pour a glass of hot water and a class of cold water into a container and view the thermal image as they merge. 

Resources

• Invisible Labs with Craig Beal - YouTube Playlist (19 videos)

• Thermal cameras in school laboratory activities (1:52)

• Tricks with Thermal Cameras - Draw on the walls or on yourself,  see your veins (:44)

• People farting on thermal camera in public! (1:55)

• Growing Beyond Earth and Learning Beyond the Classroom with Thermal Imaging | FLIR (2:07)

• Household on Thermal camera! Cooking and more! (1:35)

• FLIR Thermal Cameras in the Classroom (3:10) from 2015

• I Survived 50 Hours in Thermal Vision (11:30)

• FLIR K-12 Student Resources 

Purchase Information 

• FLIR C3-X Compact Thermal Camera - $579

• HotSnapZ packets - 8 pack is $20