Materials: Drinking straws or tongue depressor for the frame of the house, file folders for walls and roof, Glue (hot glue)/tape, lamp, thermometer, 15 Cotton balls, thermal imaging app such as Thermal Camera FREE by Fingersoft (App Store and Android) or Seek Heat (multiple platforms). Building of the Based on research and brainstorming of solutions, build a Product prototype of your house without any cotton ball (Prototype, model insulation first. This will allow you to develop a method or Artifact): of insulating the house that is specific to the heat Possible 4 5 inefficiencies of your model. Prototype a Best Step Step the Solution(s)/ Construct Select Testing of the Students test the models to determine the amount heat Product entering the house and identify hot spots where large (Prototype, model amounts of heat enter the model. This should be done or Artifact): using a thermal imaging app and measuring the actual temperature of the interior of the house after 4 minutes of heating against walls, joints, windows, doors, etc. Peer-Review Describe how your team collected thermal energy Questions: data during testing. Solution(s) What adjustments did you make to limit the 6 the amount of heat entering the house? Which data (thermal imagining or temperature Step recordings) were most helpful in the development Evaluate of your model? and Test Written description of completed task and proposed Project Summary: solution to presented problem or scenario. Students should include reference to their thermal images and recorded the temperature before and after insulating the structure to 7 provide evidence of effectiveness of their design. Presentation of Students should present their project as a sales pitch for a Step Solution(s) Final Solution: community developer including the highlights from their project summary Communicate Based on peer reviews, teacher input, and analysis of Re-designing of the Prototype proposed solution, re-design and rebuild a prototype of 8 your model. Step Redesign
Materials: Drinking straws or tongue depressor for the frame of the house, file folders for walls and roof, Glue (hot glue)/tape, lamp, thermometer, 15 Cotton balls, thermal imaging app such as Thermal Camera FREE by Fingersoft (App Store and Android) or Seek Heat (multiple platforms). Step 4 Select the Best Possible Solution(s)/ Step 5 Construct a Prototype Building of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Based on research and brainstorming of solutions, build a prototype of your house without any cotton ball insulation first. This will allow you to develop a method of insulating the house that is specific to the heat inefficiencies of your model. Step 6 Test and Evaluate the Solution(s) Testing of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Students test the models to determine the amount heat entering the house and identify hot spots where large amounts of heat enter the model. This should be done using a thermal imaging app and measuring the actual temperature of the interior of the house after 4 minutes of heating against walls, joints, windows, doors, etc. Peer-Review Questions: Describe how your team collected thermal energy data during testing. What adjustments did you make to limit the amount of heat entering the house? Which data (thermal imagining or temperature recordings) were most helpful in the development of your model? Step 7 Communicate the Solution(s) Project Summary: Written description of completed task and proposed solution to presented problem or scenario. Students should include reference to their thermal images and recorded temperature before and after insulating the structure to provide evidence of effectiveness of their design. Presentation of Final Solution: Students should present their project as a sales pitch for a community developer including the highlights from their project summary Step 8 Redesign Re-designing of the Prototype Based on peer reviews, teacher input, and analysis of proposed solution, re-design and rebuild a prototype of your model.
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