Embedding Physics into technology: Infrared thermography and building inspection as a teaching tool - a new participated strategy approach to the physics of heat transfer and energy saving for professional schools
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
Embedding Physics into technology: Infrared thermography and building inspection as a teaching tool - a new participated strategy approach to the physics of heat transfer and energy saving for professional schools / M. Carpineti, L. Cazzaniga, L. Perotti, M. Giliberti, M. Cavinato, N. Ludwig. - In: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. - ISSN 0008-4204. - 97:(2019 Sep), pp. 1019-1026. [10.1139/cjp-2018-0554]
Abstract:
We describe an inquiry based path about heat conduction as part of a multidisciplinary project
on energy saving in a professional school in a province close to Milan (Italy). The teaching-learning
process dealt with heat losses in buildings detected with a thermal camera. Three consecutive
activities were implemented: direct detection by the students of heat leakages due to thermal bridges
in the school structure; simple standard technology laboratory activities on heat transfer, planned
and performed by the students themselves, and nally a series of guided laboratory experiences
with a thermal camera, to develop and clarify the previous lab activities on thermal conductivity.
Key motivations of the project were: creating a link between the study of thermodynamics and its
application to the "real" world; increasing students' motivation by using an Inquiry Based Science
Education (IBSE) approach; studying if/how the "infusion" of a cutting-edge, and therefore science
attracting, technology (thermography) might foster the teaching learning process, thus becoming a
concrete cognitive tool promoting the students' approach to the scientic methodology.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
physics education; thermography; IBSE; heat transfer; technical school
Elenco autori:
M. Carpineti, L. Cazzaniga, L. Perotti, M. Giliberti, M. Cavinato, N. Ludwig
Link alla scheda completa: