Thermal cameras in school laboratory activities

Thermal cameras offer real-time visual access to otherwise invisible thermal phenomena, which are conceptually demanding for learners during traditional teaching. We present three studies of students’ conduction of laboratory activities that employ thermal cameras to teach challenging thermal concepts in grades 4, 7 and 10–12. Visualization of heat-related phenomena in combination with predict-observe-explain experiments offers students and teachers a pedagogically powerful means for unveiling abstract yet fundamental physics concepts. As per the IOP Publishing Copyright agreement, a Postprint of the Accepted Manuscript(PDF) is available via the personal website of the author(s) at the following link:http://webstaff.itn.liu.se/~konsc/Haglund_Jeppsson_Hedberg_Schonborn_2015_Postprint ThermalVis