This week in science we explored how different materials can conduct and insulate heat. You can help you child’s learning by talking with them at breakfast about the different things your family uses to handle hot food. Maybe you use oven mitts to take hot food out of the oven? Maybe you use a plastic thermos for hot coffee? Discuss how these materials insulate and protect your hands from the heat.
In class, students imagined that they were still on a remote island. They cooked an egg using a piece of metal as a pan and then had to figure out what materials they could use to pick up the hot pan and not burn their hands. We solved the mystery, “Can you really fry an egg on a hot sidewalk?”