High school teacher, Robyn Embry, discusses how to set up the apparatus for the Comparing Fuel Values investigation along with tips for safety and best practices when performing this investigation in ...

It’s a bit icky reading between the lines on this one… but it’s a fascinating experiment! In his latest Applied Science video, [Ben Krasnow] tries to measure how efficient the human body is at getting ...

What is a calorie? While most people think of calories in relation to food, calories are simply a unit of heat energy. In fact, measuring calories is essential to energy science because every chemical ...

In this virtual investigation, students will explore how much energy is released when various fuels are burned. The amount of energy released per gram of fuel, measured in joules (J), is known as the ...