Aim- To learn about how solar energy is used.
Hypothesis- I think that the colour black with attract the most sunlight and heat.
Time
|
Cup 1
White
|
Cup 2
Black
|
Cup 3
Tinfoil
|
0
| 16 | 16 | 16 |
15
| 19 | 21 | 21 |
30
| 19 | 22 | 20 |
45
|
Materials-
- Heat Lamp ( 1 per group )
- Polystyrene cup x2
- Plastic cup
- Sheet of black rubbish bag
- A4 paper
- Sheet of tin foil x2
- Tupe of black rubbish bag
- Water
- Thenomiter
Steps
- Gather your required items
- Cover the plastic cup in the black rubbish bag tube
- Cover one of the polystyrene cups in tin foil
- Lay the sheet of black rubbish bag down and put plastic cup on top
- Lay the sheet of tin foil down place tin foiled cup on top
- Place the last cup on top of the sheet of paper
- Line up the heat lamp on front of the cups so the light is evenly spread.
- Check the temperature every 15 minutes
- Record your results and find out which cup at tracks the most heat.
Results
