Shape Memory Alloys: Interactive Science Lesson 4

Using seemingly identical wires, teach your students about how some metals retain a memory of their former shape using our fourth interactive science lesson.
This is an instructional video for the demonstration and lab activity “Shape Memory Alloys” from the Materials Science Classroom Kit produced by The American Ceramic Society and The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation. The learning objective for this lesson is to learn how the motion of atoms under added heat can change the shape of metals.
The Materials Science Classroom Kit is appropriate for grades 7-12.
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