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What Is the Best Insulator: Air, Styrofoam, Foil or Cotton?
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Student teams investigate the properties of insulators in their attempts to keep cups of water from freezing, and once frozen, to keep them from melting. That heat flows from hot to cold is an unavoidable truth of life. People have put a lot of effort into stopping this natural physical behavior, however all they have been able to do is slow the process. Student teams investigate the properties of insulators in their attempts to keep cups of water from freezing, and once frozen, to keep them from melting. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Temperature Regulation Conductor Heat Transfer Insulator |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT5H15M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics |
