Showing posts with label transfer of thermal energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transfer of thermal energy. Show all posts

Friday, September 08, 2006

4 August 2006
JL worked with Wee Yap (trainee) to design and implement an inquiry-based worksheet on Convection (under Transfer of thermal energy). A video clip on a a rectangular tube filled with water with ink added at the top was shown. On the worksheet, students in groups recorded what they observed, and discussed the physical basis of their observations. They were asked to predict what may happen if a factor was changed in the experiment. A subsequent lesson was used for discussions on common misconceptions and inaccuracies in descriptions and reasoning.
31 July 2006
JL worked with Wee Yap (trainee) to design and implement an inquiry-based worksheet on Conduction (in the topic Transfer of thermal energy). A video clip on a bunsen flame heating a piece of paper (half wrapped over a plastic bottle and half wrapped over an aluminium can) was shown. On the worksheet, students predicted what would happen, explained their rationale, observed what actually happened and wrote down their reasonings. A subsequent lesson was used for discussions on common misconceptions and inaccuracies in descriptions.