Science: Solar Energy

Solar Energy

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

Hypothesis: I think that black attracts more heat because its a dark colour

Materials:

1. White Paper
2. Black Paper
3. Two Styrofoam Cups
4. One Plastic Cup
5. Tin Foil   
6. Water
7. Heat lamp 
8. Thermometer 

Steps

1. Get your materials and set up and find a power point for the heat lamp. 
2. Place white paper black paper and tin foil on the table or ground then plug in the heat lamp and set the cups up, put the tin foil around one cup put some black plastic around the plastic cup  
3. Pour water in the three cups wait 15 minutes then put the thermometer in one of the cups wait one minute and then take out after    
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Findings:

We are looking at an experiment what one is hotter the Styrofoam cup and plastic cup with black plastic wrapped around and Styrofoam cup with tin foil wrapped around.

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

Conclusion