Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Aim: To find out which color attracts the suns heat.

Hypothesis: I think black attracts more heat because it's a darker color. 

Materials:

1.  White paper
2.  Black paper
3.  Tin foil
4.  Heat lamp
5. Styrofoam cup
6. Clear cup

Steps

1. Get your materials and get in a group of three or four 
2. Put your tin foil and black plastic around the two cups
3.  Put the heat lamp on and wait for the minutes on the chart 
4.  after your timer is up put the thermometer into the water for one minute 
5.  Take out the thermometer out of the water and put a timer for another one minute 
6. Record what the result was. 

Findings:

In this photo, it includes three cups and a heat lamp two of the cups are covered and one is not, one of them is covered with a black garbage bag, and the other is covered with tin foil. the other cup is just a normal styrofoam cup, in each cup, there is 1/4 of water in all three cups. 

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16	16	16
15	18	18	17
30	17	18	18
45

Conclusion

Activity:

In pairs rate the livability of coal vs solar energy.

Comparing Coal energy with Solar energy ( Rate; 1 = poor to 10 = great)

Factor	Solar	Coal
Livability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Cost
Your choice...

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