Lesson Plan: Thermal Energy and Heat
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe heat as the transfer of thermal energy and identify and describe three methods of thermal energy transfer.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define heat in terms of thermal energy,
- explain the relationship between temperature and the kinetic energy of particles,
- identify and define conduction, convection, and radiation as methods of thermal energy transfer,
- define thermal conductivity,
- identify thermal conductors and thermal insulators.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the definition of matter,
- states of matter,
- the definition of temperature,
- energy as the ability to do work,
- the definitions of heat and thermal energy,
- the fact that heat energy moves from a hotter object to a cooler object.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- the conversion of energy from one form to another.
