Heat Transfer Investigation

Today in Science the challenge is to identify the best insulator and the best conductors from a range of items, using this investigation process...

Here are some shots of the challenge in action...

Questions for students to reflect on (and record ideas to in the comments below...):

1. What is the difference between an insulator and a conductor?
2. How might you improve the investigation?
3. Why do you think scientists sometimes investigate the same issue using a range of different approaches and methods?
4. Anything else you can think of... ;-)

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