Solar Energy

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Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1. Cups x (4) 
2.  Water 
3.  Tinfoil
4. Thmomatere  
5.  Black and white paper 
6. 2 Sheets of white paper-A4 size.
7. Heat lamp
8. Large cup. 

Steps

1. Get 3 small cups and 1 large cup
2. Fill the small cups with tap water. 
3. Put the big cup on top of one of the small cups. 
4. Put two of the cups on the white piece of paper and the other two on the tin foil and on the black paper.

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	14-15	14-15	14-15	14-15
15 minutes	18	16	24	26.
30 minutes	19	24	24	23
45 minutes	20	19	23	24

Findings: We found that they were all different temperatures and that the one with the big cup on it did not change temperatures at all and the one that was on the tinfoil was the hottest.