Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min
Assessment with 5 questions from Flow of Thermal Energy.
5 questions assessment
Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min
The Bakery
Everything moves quickly in this bakery! You need to click as fast as you can to make more donuts and expand your donut business! With the money you make baking donuts, you can hire more people to help you! You will answer questions on heat and energy transfer. When you answer questions correctly, you'll earn items that help you produce more donuts! Yum!
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (36) 3.9 stars.
Student Ratings (25658) 3.8 stars.
Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min
Thermal Flow (Mid)
The goal of this game is to help you learn about thermal energy through experimentation. You will be given different foods, like steak and ice cream, to place near hot and cold sources. Your goal is to maintain a safe temperature for that food. As you play, the game will teach you about thermal energy and how heat is transferred between objects.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (23) 3.7 stars.
Student Ratings (9560) 3.4 stars.
Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min
Flow of thermal energy (Mid)
You are a young engineer in a lab, and it is your day to learn about thermal energy. Each level imparts a new task related to heat transfer. Most of the tasks require you to heat up different materials like bricks, aluminum or plastics and measure or watch the change in temperature of each. You will try out fifteen different experiments to understand thermal energy.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (165) 4.3 stars.
Student Ratings (53069) 3.6 stars.