Insulators – keeping cold things cold and warm things warm

When we created the ‘Meet the team’ page of the blog each of us chose a favourite  clip from the gallery to upload. Although it was incredibly difficult to choose just one, I decided to post a clip called ‘The mystery of Little Red Riding Hood’s ice-cream’. In case you haven’t seen the clip already I thought I would mention it again here on the main page.

Aside from being a really fun clip, this cartoon is a great way to summarise and review KS1/2 Science Unit 4C: Keeping Warm. You could show the clip and then discuss with the children how the cool box works – how does it fit in with the results of their investigations into keeping things cold and keeping things warm. Can the children say which materials are best to use as insulators?

The example of the cool box could also be used to illustrate that the same type of materials help to keep cold objects cold and warm objects warm. If Little Red Riding Hood put a takeaway meal in her cool box to deliver to grandma (I’ve heard that her favourite is curry and ‘nan’ bread ) would it help to keep the food warm on the way?

Title of clip	The mystery of Little Red Riding Hood’s ice cream
Curriculum location	Primary Module B  >  Science  >  Year 4  >  Unit 4C: Keeping warm  >  Section 6: Insulation
Description	A cartoon about keeping food chilled with an insulated cool box, using a story about Little Red Riding Hood carrying ice-cream through the forest to her grandma.
Duration	1 minute 37 seconds

 

Please note that this is an example clip provided through our YouTube channel and does not reflect the actual quality of clips in the gallery