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as air or water). • Radiation: heat energy transported by waves that are absorbed or reflected. People: Dad. Alexis. Uncle Jon. Goals: Hike the Appalachian trail.
MAKING CONNECTIONS

Name

Connect school topics to personal interests to discover connections to your daily life or your future goals.

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List the people, hobbies, and goals that are important to you

2

List and describe the topics you’re studying in class right now.

3

Choose one item from list 1 and one from list 2 that have a connection

Person, hobby, or goal: Class topic: Connection between these two things:

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Give a specific example of how you might apply this connection in your life:

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MAKING CONNECTIONS

Name

Connect school topics to personal interests to discover connections to your daily life or your future goals.

1

List the people, hobbies, and goals that are important to you

2

People: Dad

List and describe the topics you’re studying in class right now.

3

• Conduction: energy

Choose one item from list 1 and one from list 2 that have a connection

Person, hobby, or goal:

Hobby: cooking

Topic: convection

Alexis

transfer by direct

Class topic:



contact with solids

Connection between these two things: Understanding convection can

Uncle Jon

Goals: Hike the Appalachian

trail Run a personal best in cross country

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• Energy: the ability of an object to do work.

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help me cook more efficiently.

• Convection: transfer of energy by the



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physical movement of a



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surrounding fluid (such

Give a specific example of how you might apply this connection in your

as air or water).

life: Frozen shrimp will thaw quicker if I run cold water over it

Hobbies: Cooking

• Radiation: heat energy

compared to letting it sit in a bowl of cold water. Also, boiling a

Running

transported by waves

potato is faster than baking one because molecules collide more



that are absorbed or

often with denser fluid (water is denser than gas).



Hanging out with friends

reflected.

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