MENTOR TEACHING · THERMAL ENERGY | Classroom copy · 1 October 2026

Integrative record B · Design and evidence

Tokens are fictional resource units. Record your proposal before looking at the revised design record.

90 g, start 12°C, room 24°C, 15 min. Final ≤17°C in EVERY trial; ≤6 tokens; ≤18 mm added thickness. Covered liquid water; cups/lids, mass, starting temperature, duration, exposure and reading procedure match within and across trials. Surroundings stay at the stated room temperature. No ice, phase change, active heating/cooling, direct sunlight or meaningful evaporative cooling. Each trial uses fresh samples. Accuracy is not supplied.

Supplied design record

Constructed teaching data: these values were invented for this activity, not collected in an experiment.

DesignTokensAdded mmTrial 1 final °CTrial 2 final °CTrial 3 final °C
R4151616.516
S6181515.515
T5161517.515

1.Check every requirement and compare all trials. Which designs qualify? Choose one with a stated priority; explain the warming using a scientific idea.

2.Propose one modification and a matched repeated test. Specify a prediction, constraints, recording plan, and evidence that would challenge it.

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MENTOR TEACHING · THERMAL ENERGY | Classroom copy · 1 October 2026

Integrative record B · Revised design record

Fictional prototypes, not your proposal’s results: R-tight closes a gap with an extra token; S-thin uses a thinner wrap. These constructed values were not measured. Starts/room/mass/time/procedure match the initial record.

90 g, start 12°C, room 24°C, 15 min. Final ≤17°C in EVERY trial; ≤6 tokens; ≤18 mm added thickness. Covered liquid water; cups/lids, mass, starting temperature, duration, exposure and reading procedure match within and across trials. Surroundings stay at the stated room temperature. No ice, phase change, active heating/cooling, direct sunlight or meaningful evaporative cooling. Each trial uses fresh samples. Accuracy is not supplied.

Supplied design record

Constructed teaching data: these values were invented for this activity, not collected in an experiment.

DesignTokensAdded mmTrial 1 final °CTrial 2 final °CTrial 3 final °C
R-tight51515.51617.5
S-thin61615.51616

1.Reassess each prototype using every requirement and the original record. Describe tradeoffs; revise the claim without erasing an inconvenient trial.

2.What remains uncertain? Name a useful next test and explain why this record cannot prove that your own proposal works or identify a unique transfer pathway.

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