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Eventually the whole rod heated up. We could see the rod got
hotter as the ________ melted. This made the drawing pins fall
off.
1. Explain why handles for pans are made from plastic and not
metal?
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2. Can you think of any other materials that are used as
insulators or conductors of heat?
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Prediction: What do you think is going to happen to the drawing pins? Explain
why.
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Annotate the diagram below to show the hot end, the cold end and the direction
the heat is travelling in.