Convection/Conduction/Radiation

Science Escape

YOUR CHALLENGE:

A local science museum is holding a contest to see who can

create the best S’more in a handmade solar oven. The
contest is one week away and the deadline for all entry
forms is today! Your teacher has agreed to let you enter the
contest but she will give you the entry form only IF you can
demonstrate your knowledge of heat transfer. Can you and
your teammates work together to earn the right to build a
solar cooker and enjoy a day of eating S’mores? Do you
“radiate” confidence in your knowledge of heat transfer? Put
your skills to the test and solve the clues. . . You’ve only got
until the bell rings!

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Convection/Conduction/Radiation
Combinations/Answers
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Puzzle 1

T HI S
TH A T
Reveal the code by clicking on the correct answers and dragging them to the side.

The movement of heat or electricity

conduction through matter convection
9 2

The transfer of thermal energy

though a fluid (gas or liquid)
1
radiation 7
convection

Energy transmitted in waves or a

stream of particles
3
conduction 6
radiation
Puzzle 2

468

Game Rules: 255

Read each card on slide 6

SCORING
and decide if the 879
statement is convection
765
conduction or radiation.
Move your marker on the 124
next slide. After you’ve
answered all the cards, 354
use the picture on the
final hexagon to reveal the 224
clue.
121

079
Puzzle 2

Your playing piece. Click on it and drag

it to the START position to begin.
Puzzle 2

A spoon in a Hot air Stir-frying

cup of hot balloon vegetables
soup rises in a metal
becomes pan
warmer
Convection: Move Convection: Move Convection: Move
forward 3 forward 3 forward 3
Conduction: Move Conduction: Move Conduction: Move
forward 2 forward 2 forward 2
Radiation: Move Radiation: Move Radiation: Move
forward 4 forward 4 forward 4

Hot water Heat from a Heat from a

rises, cold campfire light bulb
water sinks cooks a
marshmallow
Convection: Move Convection: Move Convection: Move
forward 3 forward 3 forward 3
Conduction: Move Conduction: Move Conduction: Move
forward 2 forward 2 forward 2
Radiation: Move Radiation: Move Radiation: Move
forward 4 forward 4 forward 4

To choose a card, click on the “BURNOUT” logo and drag it off to the
side to reveal your clue. Then follow the instructions to move your
piece based on whether the statement is an example of
CONVECTION, CONDUCTION, or RADIATION. After you have used
all cards, use the scoring information to reveal the code.
Puzzle 3
Microsoft® Windows NT(TM)
© Copyright 1985-1993 Microsoft Corp.

C:/users/default>

>If convection move right 1

>If conduction move left 1
>If radiation move up 1

>C:/moveflame
>Walking on the hot sand on a beach.
>A ceiling fan forcing the warm air downward.
>Feeling heat from a campfire.
>Chocolate candy melting in your pocket.
>Heat from the sun warming a puddle.
>Heat from the hood of a car when you touch it.
>Feeling the heat from a stove burner without
touching it.
>Boiling water moving in a circular motion.

Click on the flame and drag it according to the script above.

If you are correct you will land on the code.

845 578 668 912

7 4 7 4
Puzzle 4
Puzzle 4

?!

2 Orders of everything
cooked with energy
that is transferred in
waves or particles.
Poor Chef
3 Order everything
Louis can’t
cooked with energy
figure out how that is transferred
to complete through a fluid where
the order. hot rises and cold sinks.
Can you help
2 orders of everything
him charge cooked with energy
the right that is transferred by
amount? Here direct contact
is the call-in
order:

*There are text boxes on the guest check to help you keep track.
Puzzle 5
Puzzle 6 TIP: There are text boxes below
the cipher. Double click above
the dashes to make them appear.

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Things ese
th
up with I wonder
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puzzle
hat t h ese
w mean.
b o ls
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Radiation 9 Convection 7 Conduction 3

Puzzle 6
Puzzle 7

TIPS:
• To solve this puzzle, you will need to click on each of the four
statement cards with the colored outlines and copy it (one at a time.)
• Then paste each card in front of the numbered cards (1 through 5) on
the following pages.
• The blanks in the statement cards will be completed by one of the
numbered cards.
• Use this information along with the clue on the cell phone to reveal
the code.
Puzzle 7
Radiation
Energy transmitted in or a stream of
particles.

Travels through and other types

of

Conduction
The movement of heat or electricity through

are good conductors, particularly

Puzzle 7
Thermal (heat) Energy
Energy that is generated by a and
Measured by

Can be

1
waves matter robot

matter heat
metals

Solids metals source

metals floats
transferred

2
metals matter source

matter heat
metals

Solids metals source

liquids floats
transferred
Puzzle 7
3
robots waves waves

matter solids
metals

Liquids space source

metals matter sinks

4
liquids matter source

fluid solids
density

Solids metals source

rises floats
transferred

5
waves matter waves

fluid solids
density

Solids metals source

rises heats sinks

Puzzle 8
Click on each puzzle piece and drag it to its correct position to
reveal your next clue. Use the clue to discover the final code.