Temperature Measurement of a Rooftop
Subject
Climatology
,Materials & Methods in Building Construction
,Academic Year
1'st Year
,2'nd Year
,Complexity Level
Beginner
,Content tags
Building Heat Transfer
,Activity Type
Field Measurements
,Activity duration
< 1 hour
,Objective: To measure temperature of different horizontal surface material in college campus.
Outcome: Students will be able to understand the impact of building material used on the indoor temperature.
Requirements: Thermogun
Prerequisites: Identify rooftops made of different materials in the college campus(eg: RCC, Mangalore Tiles, Cement sheets, Tin Sheets)
Procedure:
Step 1: Group the students into groups of 4-5 members.
Step 2: Provide a thermogun to each group.
Step 3: Instruct each group to take temperature readings of 4-5 horizontal surface materials exposed to the sun.
Step 4: Instruct students to understand the difference in physical properties of the materials.
Step 5: Instruct the students to reason out the varied temperature readings based on the materials used.