Thermal insulation with Cobra SMARTsense

Principle

The heat conduction from a body to the environment can be reduced by insulating materials. The heat conduction happens by passing on the movements of the molecule, so that high-density materials usually conduct the heat better, i.e. are poor insulating materials.

Benefits

• Particularly understandable and didactically prepared description of the experiment (relevance to everyday life etc.) including protocol questions
• Future-oriented teaching: Integration into digital science lessons with tablets
• Increased motivation of students by using the intuitive measureAPP
• Increase of media competence

Tasks

The students compare the cooling of water in a simple beaker and in an insulated calorimeter.

Learning objectives

The students should observe that the cooling process of hot water can be slowed down by insulation.