Radiation and Saturn's Rings

Click the Equinox at Saturn link found here. Then, reflect on the temperature changes.

Compare Saturn's Equinox with that of Earth.

"Heat on the Move" Convection, Conduction, Radiation

I have been asked again to include information on conduction, convection and radiation. Here are some links for planning lessons on standards involving heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation). Please also refer to earlier posts by using the search bar at the top left of the blog or clicking here.

Heat on the Move (www.powersleuth.org/docs/EHM%20Lesson%205%20FT.pdf)

Interactive Module (http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_heattransfer/)

The Biosphere (http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/ess/Units/Unit6/U6L07A.html)

Research for High School (http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/INSPIRE_Project.html).


You might also be interested in reading:

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/essay-brownian.htm. Accessed November 1, 2009.

Adapted from David Cassidy's book, Einstein and Our World.

... especially, the chapter on: The Challenge of Heat

Convection, Conduction, and, Radiation draws most interest.

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Dr. J