This will be more useful than anything else for explaining much of this topic. We know that heat is being transferred all the time from hot objects to cold ones. All these things either gained or lost heat except for the hamster. Click here to find out why. Click here to find out two important things about the way that heat moves.
Solids can conduct heat energy.
This means the heat energy can be transferred through the solid. Let's have a look at which types of solid are good conductors and which are bad ones. Click on the spoons to see what happens to the temperature at the end of each spoon when they have been in the boiling water for five minutes. Click on the play button below to find out what this means. A company is carrying out an experiment to find the best substance with which to fill its double glazed units.