When last checked this resource was offline Our automated link checker has alerted the folks responsible for the part of our site where this problematic link is referenced.
If you have further information about the link (e.g. a new location where the information can be found) please let us know.
You may be able to find previous versions at the Internet Archive.
This tutorial on the three types of energy transfer (radiation, convection, and conduction) describes the different kinds of energy, insulators, conductors, R-values (resistance to heat transfer), and the use of straw-bale walls. Example data and a video clip on straw-bale wall experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are included. There are classroom project ideas such as: how different animals keep warm or cool, and how different cultures use their natural resources to build homes. Classroom activities include Convection in a Bottle; Heat in a Gas; Potato Power, to study insulative and conductive properties; Spinning Snake, to demonstrate properties of heated air; and Tapping Penny, to understand the relationship between temperature and pressure in a gas. There are also mathematical activities such as calculating R-values.
This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you
have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.
This resource originally cataloged at:
