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HEAT & TEMPERATURE

$27.99

This book and kit explores the topics of Heat and Temperature. Did you know that quantum mechanics was discovered through an exploration of these very topics? Point and measure temperature from floor to ceiling, from freezing to boiling with an infrared thermometer. Measure the rising temperature of an oozing, snaking, exothermal reaction. Make your own heat pack. Expand and contract and repair with heat. Radiate, convict, and conduct heat. Learn about absolute zero. Make your own thermometer.

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For children 8 and up

Includes a 40 page book and materials

30 Projects

Concepts:

  • Point and measure temperature from floor to ceiling
  • Explore changes in state and record freezing and boiling points
  • Capture you thermal thumbprint
  • Measure the rising temperature of an oozing, snaking exothermic reaction
  • Make your own heat pack
  • Expand and contract and repair with heat
  • Radiate, convect, & conduct heat
  • Learn about absolute zero
  • Explore Herschel’s experiment with thermometers & the discovery of infrared light
  • Measure black-body radiation & prepare to stumble into the ultraviolet catastrophe