SMS Science 6 CTTF Project 1 - Heat Transfer

​SMS Scratch Project 1 2025

By Dyana Steely

​CS 6.1 The student will construct programs to accomplish a task as a means of creative expression or scientific exploration using a block-based or text-based programming language, both independently and collaboratively, a. combining control structures such as if-statements and loops; and b. creating clearly named variables that represent different data types, including numeric and non-numeric data, and perform operations on their values.

6.4 The student will investigate and understand that there are basic sources of energy and that energy can be transformed. Key ideas include c) radiation, conduction, and convection distribute energy

​In this project, you will choose a heat transfer method and create a project that shows how the heat transfer happens.

What heat transfer method did you choose? ____________________

Where/what is the heat coming from? ___________________________

Where is the heat going to? ___________________________

How does the heat get there? __________________________

What happens when the heat is transferred? _______________________

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​Examples of Convection

Examples of Conduction

Radiation moves heat out in all directions as waves through space.

​Examples of Radiation

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Which heat transfer method did you choose for your Scratch project?

Convection Current

​heat source

​heat source

​heat source

c​

CANDLE FLAME

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Where/what is the heat coming from?

Heat always moves from hot objects to cold objects.

HOT TO COLD

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Where is the heat going to?

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How will the heat get there?

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What will happen when the heat is transferred?

• ​In your project, make sure you have the following:

  
  A sprite showing the heat source
  A sprite showing the heat’s destination
  A logical background that accurately depicts a place where the heat transfer could occur Code and/or a sprite accurately showing how the heat transfers from the source to the destination
  A variable that controls the project’s progress Meaningful code that uses the variable to advance the project
  At least one forever loop that helps the project loop back to the beginning
  At least one if-then block that helps the project interact with the variable

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