Thermodynamics and Energy Transfer Lab

Students measure specific heat, run calorimetry, build a heating curve and test heat engines.

Grades 9–10Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.

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Grade level

Grades 9–10: Quantitative heat transfer with Q = mcΔT, calorimetry, Fourier's law and Carnot efficiency

Specific heat capacity, calorimetry and conservation of energy, conduction and Fourier's law, heating curves and latent heat, heat engine efficiency

NGSS: HS-PS3-1 · HS-PS3-2 · HS-PS3-4

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.