Lesson 18 of 84 · Matter and Atoms
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenThermal Energy and Heat Transfer
Matter and Atoms.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.
Mind = Blown
🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?
What You'll Learn
Thermal energy transfers from warmer objects to cooler ones through conduction (direct contact), convection (fluid movement), and radiation (electromagnetic waves).
Key Words
- acid
- base
Steps
Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.
Separate a mixture of sand, salt, and iron filings using a magnet, water, and a filter. Record each step and what you separated.
Look for patterns in your observations.
Make a graph or chart showing your results.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which has a pH below 7?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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