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Heat: interactive lessons

Year 11 Science. Each chapter is a narrated, animated lesson with activities and exam practice. Turn your sound on, and use Chrome for the Google voice.

Chapter 1 · LOs 1–4, 7

Temperature vs heat

Temperature, heat, kelvin, and how heat flows to thermal equilibrium.

About 15 minNot started
Chapter 2 · LOs 5, 6, 8

Conduction and convection

Conduction, conductors vs insulators, convection in kettles, sea and land breezes.

About 15 minNot started
Chapter 3 · LOs 9–11

Radiation and keeping heat in

Radiation, good and poor radiators, thermos flasks, double glazing, chilly bins and hāngī.

About 15 minNot started
Chapter 4 · LOs 12–15, 18

States of matter and heating curves

Particle theory of state changes, heating and cooling curves, latent heat, boiling vs evaporation.

About 15 minNot started
Chapter 5 · LOs 16, 17, 19

Heat calculations

Specific heat capacity, Q = mcΔT, Q = mL and power.

About 20 minNot started

Heat topic: LOs 1–19 plus power and boiling vs evaporation, across chapters 1–5. Each chapter ends with exam practice.