Designing a Water Bottle
Data Story
Students analyze data about the specific heat of common materials to create a graph that provides evidence to answer the question What material should be used to design a water bottle?
Welcome to this Tuva data story! Specific heat of a substance is a measure of how readily that substance absorbs (and loses) heat. In mathematical terms, specific heat is the amount of energy (here measured in Joules) required to change a unit mass (such as a gram) of a substance by one degree (Kelvin). Knowing the specific heat of materials is useful for designing products that insulate or conduct heat efficiently (such as insulating coolers or radiant heating elements). In this data story, you will use the information in the dataset as evidence for a claim that answers the following question: Which of these materials should be used to design a water bottle that keeps water in the bottle cool? Click Next to begin!
Topics and standards: Science, Energy, Physical Science, Evaluating Claims, Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, MS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS2-5, MS-PS3-3, Structure & Function, Grades 9-12, Grades 6-8, Thermal Energy, TEKS Science 8.10.A, TEKS Science 8.10.C, TEKS Science CHEM.11.A, TEKS Science EARTH.11.F, TEKS Science ENV.7.A, 6-ESS2-1, 6-ESS2-2, 6-ESS2-3, 6-ETS1-2, 3.2.6-8.M, 3.3.6-8.I, 3.3.9-12.K