Unit 2: Heat and Temperature

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.

Getting electrons excited by heat can cause certain materials to give off visible light when heated - like filaments in light bulbs.

Lava lamps are very interesting to look at. But they are also interesting examples of buoyancy, heat transfer and solubility!

Hurricanes are a kind of tropical cyclone. But where do they come from? And why do they cause so much damage? This article will answer all your storm-related questions!

Oceans absorb the greatest amount of solar radiation on Earth. Ocean warming can lead to glaciers melting and ocean acidification.

Things are heating up! Explore the temperature change that occurs in an exothermic reaction and the role of catalysts is this chemistry activity.

Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.

6 images of some instruments such as clinical and baking thermometers that have been designed to measure temperature for specific purposes

Using the heat of the Earth’s interior, you can heat your home with a ground source heat pump. This kind of heating is cheaper and better for the environment!

This backgrounder explains what temperature is, how it is measured, how it affects people, and how it is controlled on the International Space Station.

Manufacturing and engineering airplane tires is important work! Learn how airplane tires keep the aircraft safe during takeoff and landing.