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Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1. Cup (4)
2. Water
3. tin foil
4. 2 sheets white paper
5. 1 sheet black
6. Thermometer
7. 1 large cup
8. 1 heat lamp

Steps

1.   Get your cups and fill them half way with water. 
2.  Then place your pieces of paper down on a hard surface.
3.  Then place your filled cups. 
4.   Then place a big plastic cup on top of the cup on 1 of the white pieces of paper.
5.  Get a heat lamp and turn it on and face it to the one with the big cup for 40 minutes.

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	12	12	12	12
40 minutes	15	14	20	20
15 minutes	13	13	19	19
30 minutes	17	19	22	22