Thermal Energy Physics Unit Presentation PPT With Student Summary Notes

Item description

A comprehensive 47-slide PowerPoint product (with 2 pages of student notes) that introduces all major topics in a typical middle school / early high school unit on heat, temperature, and thermal energy. Topics include: temperature, heat, thermal energy, thermometers, Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales, expansion and contraction, changes of state, thermal insulators vs. thermal conductors, heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. 

PPT Contents:

• Temperature vs. thermal energy
• Thermometers
• Expansion and contraction
• 3 Temperature scales
• Changes of state
• Temperature during changes of state
• Temperature vs. heat
• Thermal insulators vs. thermal conductors
• Conduction, convection, radiation

Bonus Section – Reading a Thermometer:

• The PPT includes a separate quiz/game where students read the temperature on six different thermometer animations
• An answer key is also included.

Includes Detailed Student Summary Notes Document (4 Pages Total):

• This PPT includes a 2-page student summary notes document with a corresponding 2-page answer key for teachers

• Summary notes feature fill in the blank questions, labeling, and completing summary tables

• Questions are directly tied to each slide, in chronological order

PPT Downloadable in 2 Formats:

• Each item in this product comes in 2 formats: a static PDF document and fully-editable PPTX or WORD document

• Download the detailed PDF preview to see what you are getting. No surprises!

Terms of Use:

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