The+teaching+of+the+concept+of+heat

A very technical article. The author obviously is not happy with the way the concepts of heat and internal energy are taught. There are a lot of misconceptions associated with the definitions and the manner the concepts are conveyed to students. He seems to be writing for a rather sophisticated audience--when he reference the famous paddle wheel experiment I couldn't help but wonder if the Delta Queen was somehow involved as she steam up and down the Ohio. I digress.

The article just reinforces the need to use terms correctly and not make assumptions that your audience will hav the same prior knowledge that you have.

Heat, temperature, internal energy are concepts that kids get confused.

Finally --who knew that the idea that molecular motion ceases at absolute zero is a superstition.