Concept of calorimeter

The educational resource shows an interactive animation about Joule´s experiment: the mechanical energy of a mass falling from a certain height can be transformed into an increase in temperature inside a liquid.

In this teaching unit you will learn: To understand the concept of a simple machine as an instrument which saves effort but not work. To understand the way in which energy from wind or water is converted into the mechanical energy of a circular movement. To assimilate the equivalence between mechanical energy and heat.   To formulate the first and second law of thermodynamics in a simple way. To learn to use the mathematical formulae for these laws to make simple predictions about the working...