What the heck is the heat equation?

[exparrot]

My professor asked us to use the heat equation to compare temperature change with the specific heat of three metals. I have no idea of what the heat equation is. I read a little bit about it on Wikipedia, but the equation there makes no sense to me. I'd really appreciate if anyone could help me out with this. Thanks!

 

[Stonebridge]

I'm guessing he/she means the equation that relates temperature change to specific heat capacity, mass and quantity of heat.
Q=mct
Q is amount of heat transferred (J)
c is specific heat capacity of the material
m is mass of material
t is temperature change (K or Celsius)
Does that help?