Learning Goals
- Students demonstrate the ability to evaluate competing solutions to the problem of increasing the heat energy transferred to a vial of water.
Materials List
Handouts
- Part 3 “Student Worksheet”
1 Set Per Class
- 2-3 liters of room temperature water
- Several graduated cylinders or syringes for measuring 30ml of water
- Multiple colors of construction paper
- Rolls of aluminum foil
- Tape/glue
- A sunny day
1 Set per Group of 2-4 Students
- 2 vials – clear 12 dram vials work
- 2 thermometers
- 2 Styrofoam plates
- 1 piece 30cm x 30cm piece of aluminum foil
- 1 soup bowl to be used as the solar heater mold
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