Below are common student misconceptions relating to "heat." You will be asked to design a simple experiment to "disprove" the misconceptions which will both correct your misconception (if you hold it) and give you practice in science process.
1. Gold and metal are two different things.
2. Glass is a type of metal.
3. Does heat travel
faster in a solid or a fluid? [How can you measure this?]
4. In conduction the
heat moves in only one direction.
5. A vacuum has a lot of air inside which is why it is not very dense.
6. Heat always moves upward.7. radiation is always something taht is visible (since light is visible). Students also believe that "heat waves" are waves of heat.
8. A vacuum is a machine with a vacuum inside.