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Temperature Tells All! Model House Testing for Clean vs. Warm Air
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Samson, Carleigh Gomez, Odessa Forbes, Marissa H. Godina, Jacqueline Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Students learn about health risks caused by cooking and heating with inefficient stoves inside homes. They simulate the cook stove scenario and follow the engineering design process steps, including iterative trials, to increase warmth inside a building while reducing air quality problems. A student worksheet and slide presentation are provided. Through this activity experimentation, students see the challenging trade-off between airtight houses that better hold in heat (resulting in warm, smoky houses) and well-ventilated houses that cool off faster (resulting in chilly houses with good indoor air quality). To begin, students are introduced to the health risks caused by cooking and heating with inefficient cook stoves inside homes, a common practice in rural developing communities. Students simulate the cook stove scenario and use the engineering design process steps, including iterative trials, to increase warmth inside a building while reducing air quality issues. A student worksheet guides students through data collection, calculations, graphing and analysis of their findings—including an introduction to the concept of slope. An introductory slide presentation is also provided. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Data Analysis and Probability Problem Solving House Modeling Indoor Air Quality Iterations Cook Stove Experiment Graphing Insulating Developing Communities Air Pollution Heating Air Quality Engineering Design Process Improvements |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT4H |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Probability |
