Heat Detectives
Keep it hot, keep it cold: find out how heat moves!
Pairs race heat through metal, wood and plastic, read thermometers, test which colours soak up the most heat, watch warm water rise, and design a container that keeps an ice cube frozen longest. Every test is a fair test with real temperatures.
Years 3–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
Primary School Workshops
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What's In Heat Detectives?
A hands-on workshop about how heat moves: how does heat move, and how can we stop it? Every student investigates with a challenge card matched to your stage.
Every session opens with a surprise that gets the whole class asking how heat moves, and ends with teams using their results to explain it.
Inside · pairs · fair test
Inside · pairs
Inside · pairs · fair test
Inside · pairs · fair test
Inside · pairs · design
Inside · pairs
Year Levels
Years 3–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 2 — Heat Detectives
Stage 2 cards challenge students to work out which materials let heat through and which keep it out.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 2 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Heat energy can be transferred
Recognise that heat energy can be transferred from warmer to cooler objects by conduction, convection and radiation
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Heat energy can be transferred
Recognise that temperature is a measure of hotness or coldness, measured using a thermometer and often expressed in degrees Celsius
✓ ST2-PQU-01 — Heat energy can be transferred
Pose questions and conduct fair tests to compare how different materials absorb or reflect heat energy
✓ ST2-SCI-01 — Heat energy can be transferred
Describe how the properties of materials and transfer of heat energy impact everyday life
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Describe how heat moves from warmer to cooler objects
Compare conductors and insulators
Measure temperature accurately
Use a fair test to compare insulators
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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