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In this lesson you will learn about thermal expansion and contraction. Your objectives, skills and materials needed, as well as key words for this lesson are all listed on this page.

Objectives

Students will:

  1. Explain thermal expansion and contraction.

Skills Needed

Students must be able to:

  1. An understanding of the Laws of Thermodynamics.
  2. Studied the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of energy.

Materials Needed*

Students will need:

  1. a balloon
  2. a bottle
  3. a hard-boiled egg, cooled and shelled
  4. a glass bottle with an opening slightly smaller than the egg
  5. hot tap water
  6. cold tap water

*not needed for Independent Study (IS) or Credit Recovery (CR) courses