Mixing Water

by: Page Keeley, Joyce Tugel, and Francis Eberle

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature and energy transfer. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that a transfer of energy from the warm water to the cool water occurs until they reach the same temperature. Additionally, students’ explanations reveal whether they use an addition, subtraction, or averaging strategy to determine the resulting temperature.

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Type Digital Formative Assessment ProbePub Date 1/1/2007Stock # PB193X2E2_Probe_11

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Susan German (Hallsville, MO)
Susan German (Hallsville, MO)

Equilibrium is an important concept

While the probe checks to see if students understand that the final temperature of mixing hot and cold water is dependent on the initial temperatures of both samples and their amounts. The ... See More

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