Conduction, Convention, or Radiation Task Cards

Walking around at the zoo in in July, your cheeks turn red and you sweat. Get out the aloe!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

While cooking macaroni and cheese, you accidentally touch the burner! Ouch!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

You come inside on a hot summer day & open the freezer to get a popsicle. When you open the door, cold “mist” comes out & drops to the floor.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

You go to a friend’s house and have to sleep in the attic! It’s burning up, so you have to get a fan!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

During a cold winter evening, you decide to turn on the fireplace to keep the room warm.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When you get home from school, you are starving! You pop some pizza rolls in the microwave for a snack!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

In the summer, you jump in the backseat of your friend’s car that has been sitting in the sun all day. The seatbelt burns your legs! YIKES!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

It’s spaghetti night! You get a pot of water and put it on the stove top so it can begin to boil.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Buddy the Elf worries that the radiator producing heat is a scary monster because of how it sounds

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

You went to your favorite restaurant and take a bite of your food too fast and burned your mouth. Boo!

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation