Understanding Heat Transfer

byRukmini Das

Have you ever wondered why your soup gets cold if you leave it out for too long or why the sun feels warm on your skin? It’s all thanks to the magic of heat transfer! Heat can move in three cool ways—conduction, convection and radiation. Let’s discover how each one works in a way that’s easy to understand and fun to learn about.

Convection Conduction: The Touchy-feely HeatImagine holding an ice cream cone on a hot day. The ice cream starts to melt, right? That’s because heat from the warm air outside moves to the colder ice cream, melting it. But how does this happen? This is where conduction comes into play.Conductio