Physical+Energy+-+Solar

=Solar Energy = =Who are we?= Denton Dynamos - New York - Zachary, Pricy, and Esme Collaborative Class - Nevada - John, Nicolas, and Brandon Our Experiments

media type="youtube" key="Xb1QtxxgsZk?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Your assignment is to complete each sentence below. Then, perform some experiments proving your answers. Keep careful records of your results. Choose one experiment you would like the whole class to perform. Include that experiment below. Finally, answer the essential questions on the home page. Include the answers below.

== Our Incomplete Sentences: ==
 * 1) Solar Energy can be found:
 * 2) An example of solar energy in its potential form is:
 * 3) An example of solar energy in its kinetic form is:
 * 4) An example of solar energy transforming to another form of energy is:

== Our Experiment: == ==Our Essential Questions: ==

- Black construction papers - Aluminum foil - Clear plastic (heavy plastic laminate works best) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Non-toxic glue, tape, scissors, ruler, magic marker <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Wooden dowel or straw <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Thermometer ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Materials: || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">* Newspapers <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ||
 * ===<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our Energy Experiment === ||  || ===<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Solar Energy === ||   || ===<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our Energy Experiment - Denton Dynamos === || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[[file:Solar Energy Experiment.doc]] ||
 * ====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Potential - Kinetic Energy ==== ||  ||   ||   || ====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Transforming Energy ==== ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Question: (What question were you trying to investigate?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 13px;">Do the Sun’s rays shining on a surface warm the surface? ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Question: (What question were you trying to investigate?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Which solar oven heats up the most? ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hypothesis: (What did you think was going to happen?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 13px;">We think that when the Sun’s rays shine on the solar oven it will get warm. ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hypothesis: (What did you think was going to happen?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- A smaller oven will heat up more because it traps the heat and holds it in. ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Materials: ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Recycled pizza box
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pizza box, Size-big, small,regular (one of each)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tape
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scissors
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Black construction paper
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Clear plastic wrap
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Aluminum foil
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A piece of notebook paper
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A pencil or pen
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A ruler or a wooden dowel or a stick
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Three uncooked cookies!!! ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Method: (How did you test your question?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 13px;">We are going to set the solar oven in the shade and record the temperature. Second we are going to put the solar oven in the Sun and record the temperature to see if it becomes warmer. ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Method: (How did you test your question?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># See the instructions below to make solar ovens.
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Get three cookies uncooked(raw)
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Place one cookie in each solar oven.
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Place the solar oven under the sun on the ground(If it is below 70 degrees put a towel under the oven).
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">After about thirty minutes, check each oven to see which cookie was heated up the most.
 * 5) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Then observe the results and write it down. /\_/\
 * 6) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Now, eat and enjoy the cookie if it is NOT RAW!!! $_$
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Variable: ||  ||   ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Variable: || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- size of the oven ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Observations/Results: (What did you discover?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Observations/Results: (What did you discover?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-[[file:Solar Energy Worksheet.doc]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conclusion: (Was your hypothesis correct? Why do you think things turned out the way they did?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conclusion: (Was your hypothesis correct? Why do you think things turned out the way they did?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Further Questions: (What other kinds of experiments could you do in the future related to this topic? What other questions would be interesting to ask?) ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ||   || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Further Questions: (What other kinds of experiments could you do in the future related to this topic? What other questions would be interesting to ask?) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- ||
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