Heat and Temperature
About the Heat and Temperature Lesson
Summary
This lesson introduces students to the concepts of heat and temperature.
Objectives
• To be able to differentiate between heat and temperature.
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To be able to explain heat energy and the factors on which it is dependent.
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To be able to explain temperature and the factors on which it is dependent.
Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Excerpt
Heat and temperature are actually two different things. To understand the difference between heat and temperature, you must first understand what heat is. Heat is a form of energy. It takes energy to move something. Heat energy also makes things move, but you do not normally see this movement because the particles that are moving are too small. This movement of particles ? atoms and molecules- is what heat actually is.
Temperature, on the other hand, is a measure of the average amount of heat or particle movement in a volume of matter. Volume is the amount of space that something fills.
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