Solar energy

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1.  heat lamp
2.  5 cups
3.  water 
4.  2 sheets of white paper
5.  1 sheet of black paper
6. tin foil
7. thermometer

Steps

1. get into a group
2. fill 4 cups with water 
3. place your 4 cups in the middle of your paper 
4. use your heat lamp to heat the water 
5. wait till a time then measure the water                                                                                                                                      

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper+ plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil cup
0	12	12	12	12
15 minutes	15	14	20	20
30 minutes	15	13	19	19
45 minutes	17	19	22	22

Findings:

Cup 1 was on white paper. It was 12 degrees at the start then it went to 17 degrees at the end.

cup 2 was on white paper+ plastic and started of on 12 and ended on 19

cup 3 started on 12 and then at the end it was on 22

cup 4  was the same as cup 3 it started on 12 and ended on 22 

Conclusion:

i found out that the sun heated the water better on black paper 

the same as the water on tinfoil.