GROUND HEAT LAB
The ground remembers.
Send a cold spell across a landscape. Add snow, warm a basement, and follow temperature at different depths as frost and lake ice form.
Enter the experimentTHE QUIET MOVEMENT OF ENERGY
Thermodynamics
Warmth is always
finding a way.
Follow heat as it moves through the world around you. Explore the warmth stored beneath your feet, the shelter of a snow blanket, and the energy that keeps a house warm.
THREE WAYS TO FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
Where does the warmth go?
NEW / HOUSE HEAT LAB
A house holds the heat.
Follow heat through a house. Change the insulation, windows and air exchange, switch off the heating, or invite the Sun inside. Watch the temperature and energy use respond.
Enter the experiment
NEW / PHASE CHANGE LAB
When heat changes matter.
Melt ice, warm water, and watch it boil. Follow the energy behind temperature plateaus, and measure how much propane the flame consumes.
Enter the experimentIdeas you’ll explore
Heat flow
Energy moves down a temperature gradient. Insulation slows that movement.
Thermal memory
Stored energy makes temperatures respond gradually, especially at depth.
Freezing & thawing
A change of state involves energy, even with very little change in temperature.