Solar Energy
Catching the sun movie
Materials:
- 4 cups
- Water
- Tin foil
- 2 sheets of white paper
- 1 sheet black paper
- Thermometer
- 1 large cup
- 1 heat lamp
Steps
- Add water to the cups
- Put the white paper underneath 2 cups
- Put black paper underneath 1 cup
- Put tin foil underneath 1 cup
- Put the big cup on top of 1 of the white papers cup upside down
- Then wait
Which surface conducts / attracts the most heat?
Time +
temperature
|
Cup 1
White paper
|
Cup 2
White paper+ plastic.
|
Cup 3
Black paper
|
Cup 4
Tinfoil
|
0
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
40 minutes
| 12 | 11 | 22 | 20 |
55 minutes with no heat
| 13 | 13 | 20 | 19 |
70 minutes with no heat
| 14 | 14 | 19 | 16
|
Findings: Black paper takes most of the heat for the cup. Tin foil does it take is amount of heat then black paper but it's close. Plastic one stop the heat put it still gets a little bit of heat. White paper has more heat than plastic because it's got nothing blocking.
Conclusion:
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