Summary
The SciGirls take on a freezing ice house, testing insulating materials and passive solar tricks to see which combination actually keeps heat where they want it.
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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 2.
- Which material held heat in best, and how did the girls know?
- How can sunlight warm a building with no heater at all?
- Where does heat escape from your classroom?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: insulation, heat, passive solar, property.
Try it: Wrap a warm cup in three different materials and take the temperature after ten minutes. Rank them from best to worst.