Teaching Resource
What is Heat? Worksheet
A worksheet to help students understand heat energy.
Use this teaching resource when introducing your students to the concept of heat energy.
This activity requires the teacher to conduct a demonstration. The students observe what happens to food colouring when placed into hot water and cold water.
Students record their predictions and their observations from the activity on the worksheet.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- ST2-8PW-ST
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
- ST2-8PW-ST
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCSSU063
Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object
- VCSSU063
Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object

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