The Activities

Thermal City

Create a model of urban materials and see how hot or cool they get.

Color the Heat Island

Imagine what a thermal camera might see on this detailed urban heat island coloring sheet.

Thermal Stickers

Find which parts of the home might be losing heat using color-changing thermal stickers.

Thermal Drone

Hire a commercial thermal drone operator to map your school in summer and see how much heat different materials are holding.

What You Need

How It Works

Step 1: Lay out the Materials

Put your thermal materials on a board.

Step 2: Heat With A Heat Lamp

Warm the board for 10 minutes with the heat lamp (or leave it in direct sun if it’s a hot day).

Step 3: View With Thermal Camera

View the board with a FLIR thermal camera, write the temperatures of the materials on the worksheet, and rank them in order.

In The Classroom

Activity Sheet Downloads

Write the Temperatures

Write down the temperatures shown on the thermal camera display.

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Rank Materials

Which material was the hottest? Which was the coolest?

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Color the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Learn which nanometer wavelengths correspond to different colors.

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