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A thermal insulator is a material that does not allow heat to travel through it easily.
Which of these spoons do you think will be a good thermal insulator?

Metal spoon

Wooden spoon

Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users
Y4 Sc - Hot & Cold Session E

Plastic spoon

A saucepan of hot water

Investigate

I understand that temperature is a measure of how hot or

cold something is.
I can measure the temperature of different surfaces
using my senses and record my findings in a table.

What does the handle of each

spoon feel like when they have
been standing in the hot
water for 10 minutes?

Place each material into a cup of hot water and leave to stand for 10 minutes. Touch the material gently and
put a tick in the column that best describes the temperature of each surface that you touch with your hand!.

Material

Very cold

Cold

Plastic spoon
Metal spoon
Wooden spoon
Glass rod

Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users
Y4 Sc - Hot & Cold Session E

Warm

Very warm

 Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users
Y4 Sc - Hot & Cold Session E