Set of 4 Thermal Energy and Heat Worksheets

Includes the following resources:

1. Temperatures Worksheet
2. Particle Motion Worksheet
3. Thermal Expansion Worksheet
4. Heat Transfer Worksheet

Product Descriptions:

1. Temperatures Worksheet: Before middle school students can master NGSS MS-PS3-4 (thermal energy, heat), they need to understand TEMPERATURE! This activity familiarizes kids with some everyday Celsius temperatures and provides practice for temperature conversions.
2. Particle Motion Worksheet: Use this worksheet as you introduce particle motion due to thermal energy. It reinforces the basics – that adding thermal energy makes particles move faster and spread apart, and that removing thermal energy makes particles slow down and contract. Each question requires a bit of diagram analysis or critical thinking!
3. Thermal Expansion Worksheet: Section One focuses on different things that have to be engineered with thermal expansion in mind – bridges, telephone wires, and railroad tracks. Section Two includes a short text passage and follow-up questions about fire sprinklers, many of which work because of thermal expansion. Section Three has a text passage about how engineers took thermal expansion into account when designing the Trans-Alaska pipeline.
4. Heat Transfer Worksheet: 4 CONTENT-DENSE PAGES that reflect NGSS RIGOR – 25 question standards-based heat worksheet for homework, standardized test prep, or class review. There are many diagrams and graphs to analyze, making this much more than a definitions worksheet. 23 multiple choice and 2 open response questions cover convection, conduction, radiation, and equilibrium.

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• Insulators & Conductors Lab
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Teacher Notes:

• Please note: These resources are NOT editable.
• All answer keys included.
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