SCAFFOLD 3

Heat do the Work!

Work is the measure of the flow of energy from one form to another. There is a close relationship
between work and heat. The relationship that exists between heat and work is a concern of an area of physics
called thermodynamics.
In this activity, you will conduct a model to demonstrate that heat can do work.

Candle Carousel

Materials:
2 or 3 Candles
Piece of thick paper
Bamboo stick

Directions:
1. Cut a spiral from a circle of thick paper https://images.app.goo.gl/Rcm8QomATgVJfasW7
2. Hang the spiral paper on the top of the bamboo stick
3. Lit the candles and place it under the spiral thick paper. (Note: Make sure that the fire won’t touch the paper)
4. Observe what happens to the paper.

Note: Take a picture or video of your candle carousel for you to have data about conversion of heat engines to
be put on your product output in your performance task. In this section, you will not yet include the taken
picture or video of yours, instead you are going to study it in order for you to answer the process questions
below.
(Keep the picture or video with you and prepare it when you are dealing with your performance task)

Process Questions:
1. What happens to the paper turbine when a candle is placed under it?
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2. Observe the energy changes that take place.

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3. Based on the activity, how does force, motion, and energy affect life and daily activities?
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Conclusion:
Based on your observation, how can heat transfer be used to do work?
PERFORMANCE TASK: Energy Conservation Campaign

In celebration of energy conservation week, Colegio San Jose de Alaminos plans to collaborate with the local
office of the Department of Energy to organize a student-initiated campaign on conserving energy. You as Environmental
scientist/advocate is tasked to prepare a multimedia campaign (power point presentation, brochure, or video) that will
explain to the public the need to conserve energy by emphasizing how much resources and work are involve in generating
electricity and distributing it to homes. The campaign must show the role of heat transfer and energy transformation
involved in the process. You will gather related data that will reinforce your claims in order to persuade the community to
support the campaign. The success of your campaign will be evaluated based on the concept, content, organization, and
significance.

PRODUCT-PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT
Goal Create informational multimedia campaign that will explain to the public the
need to conserve energy by emphasizing how much resources and work are
involve in generating electricity and distributing it to homes.

Role Environmental scientist/advocate

Audience Community
Situation Energy Conservation Week
Performance/Product Multimedia Campaign (video, power point presentation, or brochure)
Standards Concept, Content, Organization, and Audience impact

RUBRICS:
CRITERIA Outstanding (4) Satisfactory (3) Developing (2) Beginning (1)
Concept The multimedia The multimedia The multimedia The multimedia
campaign reflects a clear campaign reflects a campaign reflects that campaign reflects
picture of the relevance fairly clear picture of the producers have little effort spent on
of the event to the subject the relevance of the brainstormed on the brainstorming and
matter. event to the subject subject matter, but no refining a concept. It
matter. clear focus emerged. does not show the
The main objective of relevance to the
the event is not clearly subject matter.
shown
Content The multimedia The multimedia The multimedia Much of the
campaign contains an campaign contains campaign contains information in the
exceptional amount of supporting information, some information, but multimedia campaign
valuable and relevant which contribute to the does not seem to fit the is incorrect,
information, which understanding of the main idea and object of incomplete, and/ or
contribute to the event's main idea. the event. irrelevant to the
understanding of the event.
event's main idea.
Organization All the elements of the The elements of the The multimedia The multimedia
multimedia campaign are multimedia campaign campaign shows some campaign lacks
well- synthesized and are organized. However, degree of organization, organization. It
organized. There is a the transition and but may still be reflects little effort to
smooth transition and connection of ideas is improved. connect the ideas.
connection of ideas. not smooth. There
seems to have distinct
sections.
Significance The multimedia The multimedia The multimedia The multimedia
campaign explains the campaign explains all of campaign explains campaign does not
key purposes of the key purposes of some of the key refer to the key
conserving energy that conserving energy. purposes of conserving purposes of
will help student address energy but not quite conserving energy.
the need to reflect deep complete.
understanding.