Science4Us hits the beach to explain Heat Transfer!

Learning about and teaching science isn’t always a day at the beach… but sometimes it is!

The Science4Us development team hit the beach last week in an effort to really illustrate how heat transfer works, for our Heat Energy module. What better way to explain radiation and conduction than to feel the warmth of the sun radiating to your face and the hot sand conducting heat to your feet!?

Let’s see what Science4Us’ own Cecelia Celsius found when she went to the beach…