Why metal feels cold — Smiths · The Makers
On a chilly morning in Emberhollow, apprentice Kit touches an iron rail and then a wooden bench in the same yard. The iron feels much colder.
Your task
Sort each thing by how fast heat travels through it.
- Metals are good conductors: heat moves through them quickly. Wood, cork and wool are poor conductors, so heat moves through them slowly. Both are the same temperature, but the iron pulls heat out of your hand faster, so it feels colder.
- Invented guild stories to learn from. Never try fire, hot metal, glass, blades or power tools on your own: crafts like these are learned with a trained adult.
- Every craft came from many people in many places. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- Craft knowledge — You understood how this craft works.
- Making it well — You put the steps in a sensible order and used the right tools.
- Care for people & planet — You kept people safe and used materials wisely.
In real life
That is why saucepans are metal where they touch the stove but have wooden or plastic handles, and why computers use metal heat sinks to carry heat away.
Smiths
The guild stories are invented, to learn from. Fire, heat, blades and tools are only for trained adults: learn these crafts with a trained adult, never at home. Nothing about you is collected; progress stays on this device.
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