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Heat

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1994

Heat
23 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

Bill shows heat as energy on the move, flowing from warmer things to cooler ones - and demonstrates how we speed it up or slow it down.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Bill shows heat as energy on the move, flowing from warmer things to cooler ones - and demonstrates how we speed it up or slow it down..

  1. Which way does heat always flow?
  2. Why does a metal spoon in soup get hot?
  3. How does a coat keep you warm if it isn't 'making' heat?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: heat, temperature, insulator.

Try it: Hold a warm object and a cool object, then explain which way heat is moving between them and you.