Serving spoons

Serving spoons

Pencil and paper
Overview
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Jay put four spoons into two different foods.
(A) Metal spoon (B) Plastic spoon (C) Metal spoon (D) Plastic spoon
Hot custard Cold ice-cream

a)
i)
Circle the letter of the spoon which would feel the hottest.

A

B

C

D
 
  ii) Explain why you chose this spoon.

 
 
 
 
 
b) Circle the letter of the spoon which would feel the coldest.
   

A

B

C

D
 
c) Draw an arrow on each of the four spoons above to show the direction the heat flows in each spoon.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Physical World
Keywords: 
physics concepts, energy, heat transfer, metals, plastics
Description of task: 
Students answer short questions to show their knowledge of heat transfer through metal and plastic spoons.
Making Better Sense: 
Conduction/Convection/Radiation
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (05/00)
a) i) A very easy
ii) Metal conducts heat/heats up more readily than plastic. moderate
b) C very easy
c)
Hot custard Cold ice-cream
moderate
moderate
difficult
difficult