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Insulated Cup Design

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Design a cup that keeps drinks warm for longer! 🥤 Pick materials, wall structures, outer wraps, and lids, pour in 90°C water 🌡️ and check the temperature after 20 minutes. Watch the cooling curve appear right before your eyes! 📊 The "Heat Leak" tab shows if heat escapes through the sides or top — you'll discover that spending big on walls won't help without a lid! 🎯 Hit the target temperature within budget across 5 mission stages. Expensive materials aren't always best! Supports 7 languages.

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About this app

Insulated Cup Lab is an interactive thermal physics simulation where users design custom insulated cups to keep 90°C hot water warm over 20 minutes. By selecting materials, wall structures, outer wraps, and lids, users can observe cooling curves and analyze heat dissipation. The app also features 5 challenging engineering missions that test budget management alongside thermal insulation principles.

Use cases

  • Primary and middle school science students learning about heat transfer and thermal insulation.
  • Teachers demonstrating conduction, convection, and engineering design constraints in class.
  • Anyone interested in learning why lids and vacuum insulation are effective at heat retention.

Features

  • Custom cup customization across materials, wall structures, outer wraps, and lids
  • 20-minute heat decay curve simulation starting with 90°C hot water
  • Heat loss breakdown chart showing side wall vs top lid dissipation
  • 5 budget-constrained engineering missions with temperature goals
  • Multilingual support for 7 languages