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I am a Physics teacher in my third year of teaching High School. The purpose of this blog is to set up a place for Science teachers to communicate ideas for lessons, labs, and for the classroom. Collaboration brings about the best results for all involved. If you have any suggestions, ideas, or questions please feel free to post here.
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We are starting our heat transfer unit and we are going to design houses! Check it out:
Your drawing may be a blueprint OR cut-away and must include the following:
____/10 Logical floor plan, including necessary rooms for a house
____/5 Windows and doors
____/6 At least 3 heating systems, including one that does not require
fossil fuels (e.g. a wood-burning stove, solar panels, an active solar
heating system, south-facing windows, etc.)
____/3 Include how each heating system will deliver heat to the rooms in
your drawing
____/3 Include insulation in your walls, roof, and at least one other location
Your description must include the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES:
____/9 Describe each of your 3 heating systems. Include which type(s) of
heat transfer each one uses.
____/2 How will you avoid heat loss by conduction?
____/2 How will you avoid heat loss by convection?
____/2 How will you avoid heat loss by radiation?
____/3 Typed, with correct spelling and grammar
If anyone sees any holes in my idea, please let me know. I will let you know how it goes!
Emily,
I love your blog.
I too do a mini-lab on horsepower, however, I stick with British (customary) measure as I tell the students that horsepower is one of the few British measurements used around the world. It is also very illustrative as everyone can visualize what one "foot-pound" is. Similarly, one foot-pound per second is recognizable. When you get to 550 of these thingies (550 fp/s) you get one horsepower!
Challenge: can you tell me the other British measurement used around the world?
halpert
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