| Home | L.C. Physics | L.C. Physics Revision | J.C. Physics | J.C. Biology | J.C. Chemistry | Applied Maths | Contact |
Heat Applets
| What is the difference between Heat and Temperature? | Nice example from absorblearning.com | 3 Star | |
| What is evaporation? | Nice animation from absorblearning.com | 4 Star | |
| What's going on when water boils? | Nice example from absorblearning.com | 4 Star | |
| Nice explanation of how the bonding affects the heat capacity of water. | Video from howstuffworks. 3:30. The explanation is in the middle, so pay attention | 5 Star | |
| Convection | |||
| Cool demonstration of convection | All you need is a tea-bag (of the herbal variety). From Youtube. Two minutes | 5 Star | |
| Did you know you can heat a water balloon with a candle? | Another one to try in class or at home. Very cool. From Youtube. 30 seconds | 5 Star | |
| animation of convection in water | link | ||
| Conduction | |||
| animation of kinetic motion of a rod being heated | link | ||
| A metal that contracts when heated | link | Zirconium tungstate is important in many areas of technology. Can you guess why? Text-based | 3 Star |
| Firewalking | Youtube 16 second | 4 Star | |
| Longest distance firewalk. Youtube 6 minutes | 3 Star | ||
| A scientific viewpoint from sceptic Michael Shermer Youtube 7 minutes | 5 Star | ||
| Latent Heat | |||
| Heating curve for steraic acid | From absorblearning.com | 5 Star | |
| Cooling curve for steraic acid | From absorblearning.com | 5 Star | |
| Melting ice | From absorblearning.com | 5 Star | |
| Radiation | Man tossing hot and cold water balloons (thermal infrared!). From Youtube. 45 seconds. | 5 Star | |
| Use salt to help cool a can of coke | They should have used a thermometer to indicate the temperature. Why not try it yourself? Metacafe. 2 minutes | 4 Star | |
| Watch as water freeezes while heating up! | Thought-provokiing clip to test your understanding of latent heat. Youtube 3 minutes | 5 Star | |