- View more resources from this publisher
Oxford University Press
Tooltip
These resources have been reviewed and selected by STEM Learning’s team of education specialists for factual accuracy and relevance to teaching STEM subjects in UK schools.
Heat
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Heat was first published in 1982 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about fire, fuels, effects of heat and heat conductors and insulators. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out investigations including the heat transmission and absorption properties of different materials.
Contents
Fire
Bonfires
Putting out fires
Fuels
Getting warm
Keeping warm
Melting things
Do you remember?
Things to do
Expansion and contraction
Temperature
Animals and temperature
Sunshine
Expanding air
Water vapour
Conductors and insulators
Air as an insulator
Do you remember?
Things to do
Experiments to try
Glossary
Show health and safety information
Please be aware that resources have been published on the website in the form that they were originally supplied. This means that procedures reflect general practice and standards applicable at the time resources were produced and cannot be assumed to be acceptable today. Website users are fully responsible for ensuring that any activity, including practical work, which they carry out is in accordance with current regulations related to health and safety and that an appropriate risk assessment has been carried out.
Information on the permitted use of this resource is covered by the Category Three Content section in STEM Learning’s Terms and conditions.
