The Physics of Heat
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Provided by: Crash Course|Published on: September 23, 2022
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Synopsis
- This video uses a basic question about why we wear clothes to explain the physics of heat and its conceptual and mathematical relationship with temperature, kinetic energy, and thermal energy.
- Conduction, convection, and radiation, are explained and equations are presented to quantify the amount of heat required for temperature changes and phase changes, as well as the rate of heat transfer for conduction and radiation.
Subjects: Physics, Mathematics
Authors: Crash Course
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The video is packed with important information about thermodynamics.
- All variables, equations, and important terms appear on the screen, and animations are used to illustrate key concepts.
Additional Prerequisites
- This is a very dense video and the speaker transitions quickly from one concept to the next. Teachers will need to pause the video periodically and replay portions to aid in student understanding.
- Students should already understand kinetic energy and temperature.
Differentiation
- Teachers can connect this video to climate change by discussing the role of heat transfer in the greenhouse effect or warming ocean temperatures.
- Students can answer the question about why we wear clothes at the start of the video and then again at the end of the video to see how their understanding has changed.
- Students can brainstorm other examples of heat transfer in their everyday life and categorize these examples as convection, conduction, or radiation.
- This resource can connect well to physical chemistry lessons using this self-paced lesson on the chemistry of the greenhouse effect or to biology lessons when discussing the physical traits that help some animals maintain their body heat in very cold temperatures.
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