Convection - Remote/Home Learning Lesson

This is a lesson I put together for my students to learn about Convection remotely. I have recorded myself talking through the powerpoint I would usually use for this lesson in school. The video is broken into chunks so that they can complete various activities as we go through the lesson. Differentiated worksheets that go along with this lesson included - (Squid = High, Crab/Starfish = Mid/Low).

Instructions shared with the students were:

1. Watch Convection Video 1 for an intro to today’s lesson and a brief recap of last lesson
2. Complete starter question - there is a choice of worksheets - one for Squids and another for Crabs/Starfish - choose the best for you!
3. Watch Convection video 2
4. Watch the youtube demo of a Convection current (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEDUtS0IMws&t=2s)
5. Watch Convection video 3
6. Complete Radiator task on worksheet
7. Watch Convection video 4
8. Complete question on worksheet about why convection can’t happen in solids and then check your understanding by explaining how convection takes place in a kettle
9. If you want you can watch an explanation of why convection doesn’t happen in solids in Convection video 5
10. Want to try convection at home - check out the Colourful Convection Currents youtube link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyoeShbpKM)

I’ve added the Google Slide presentation at the bottom if you want to look through that at any point.

My students really enjoyed this lesson and said that it almost felt like a ‘normal’
lesson at school!

Hope you find it useful and that it saves you time at this stressful time!

I am doing a whole unit on heat transfer at the moment so keep checking back for further lessons if you enjoy this format.