Here are 11 activities that show conduction, convection, and radiation to use for demonstrations or a rotating station lab. You could even use them for a warm-up activity. Have one of the demonstrations ready to go as students enter and let it be a start to class.
There are 5 conduction activity cards, 4 convection activity cards, and 2 radiation activity cards. Each card has a set of instructions and questions for the students to answer, either orally or on paper. A student answer document is included for your convenience. Have students rotate every 5-6 minutes. Use any or all of the station activities. If all are used, some time may be needed the next day to finish.
Also included are suggestions for tweaking a couple of activities, a materials list, and an explanation accompanying each activity that acts as an answer key.
A partial list of materials needed would be beakers, metal rods or spoons, black pepper, water, ice, hot plate, candle, jars, steel wool, food coloring, steel cans, thermometers.The materials are easy to obtain and may already be in your storage closet.
Teacher notes are included.
These hands-on activities are sure to be remembered by your students.