Directions: Create a tutorial that explains the concepts of thermal energy. Use the following
rubric as your guide.
Rubric for grading:
20 points
15 points
Describes the flow
of heat from warm
to cool and gives a
correct example.
Describes the
transformation of
energy from one
form to another in a
multi-step example.
Describes the flow
of heat from warm
to cool but gives an
incorrect example.
Describes the
transformation of
energy from one
form to another in a
single step example.
10 points
Describes the flow
of heat from warm
to cool. No
example given.
Describes the
transformation of
energy from one
form to another
with only partial
accuracy.
Demonstrates that
Demonstrates that
Attempts to
adding or removing adding or removing demonstrate that
heat from a system heat from a system adding or removing
may result in a
may result in a
heat from a system
temperature
temperature
may result in a
change or change of change or change of temperature
state through
state through a
change or change of
multiple examples. single example.
state with partial
accuracy.
Accurately
Accurately
Accurately
describes all 3 ways describes 2 of the 3 describes 1 of the 3
that heat is
ways that heat is
ways that heat is
transferred.
transferred.
transferred.
Describes and
Describes or
Describes or
illustrates the
illustrates the
illustrates the
relationship
relationship
relationship
between
between
between
temperature and
temperature and
temperature and KE
KE.
KE.
with partial
accuracy.
5 points
0 points
Describes the flow
Does not address
of heat from warm
the concept.
to cool inaccurately.
Describes the
transformation of
energy from one
form to another
inaccurately.
Does not address
the concept.
Does not
Does not address
demonstrate that
the concept.
adding or removing
heat from a system
may result in a
temperature
change or change of
state.
Attempts to
describe the ways
that heat is
transferred.
Attempts to
describe the
relationship
between
temperature and
KE.
Does not address
the concept.
Does not address
the concept.