Science Solar energy

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1.  4 Cups   
2.  Water
3.  Tin Foil
4.  2 Sheets Of White Paper 
5.  1 Sheet Of Black Paper 
6. Thermometer
7. 1 Large Cup 
8. 1 Heat Lamp 

Steps

1.   Get all your materials 
2.  Filled all 4 cups quarter the way fill
3.  then get your one sheet of tin foil 2 sheets of white paper and your other sheet of black paper
4.  put one cup on each of those sheets 
5. Check the temperature of them all before you turn on your heat lamp 
6.   Turn on your lamp or leave them sitting in the sun
7. Check it every 15 minutes 3 times for an hour.

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	17	21	23	29
15 minutes	20	15	24	29

Findings:

I found that the  light heated the water up because light creates haeat then when wee turned the lamp off  it loses heat because the lamp is not creating heat so it drops back down too room temperature.

Conclusion