Thermal+Energy+-+Heat

=Thermal Energy = =Who are we?= Denton Dynamos - New York - Arusha, Allison, and Bailey Collaborative Class - Nevada - Alex and Claudia

Our Experiments
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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) Thermal Energy can be found:
 * 2) An example of thermal energy in its potential form is:
 * 3) An example of thermal energy in its kinetic form is:
 * 4) An example of thermal energy transforming to another form of energy is:

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


 * === Our Energy Experiment - Denton Dynamos === ||   || === Thermal Energy [[file:Thermal Energy Experiment.doc]]  === ||   || ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Our Energy Experiment  === ||   || <span style="color: #00ff00; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thermal Energy ||
 * ====<span style="font-size: 1.06em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**  Potential - Kinetic Energy ** ==== ||   ||   ||   || ====<span style="font-size: 1.06em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: #00ff00; font-size: 1.06em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">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;">- What kind of objects can be turned into thermal 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="border-collapse: separate; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Will the mercury in a glass tube (a mercury thermometer) move faster when it is placed in a cup filled with hot water than it will when the water is 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;">-Objects made of flammable material such as wood, aluminum, paper, and plastic can burn. Nonflammable objects such as metal and rock will not burn. ||   || <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="border-collapse: separate; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The mercury in the thermometer will move up the thermometer faster because of the greater heat in the hot water. ||
 * <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;">-1. Light the candle and place it in the metal pot.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Have water nearby for safety.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Bring the plastic cup to the fire and light the plastic cup. Observe. Dip the cup in the water to cool.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Light one of the twigs on fire and repeat step 3.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. Repeat the step 3 on every object.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. After you dipped all the items and you have completed the experiment, you can throw the water out in the sink.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. Well, did you find out what items have potential energy and which don’t? ||  || <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;">- The thermometer will be placed in the cool water cup for a few minutes. Next we will put the thermometer into the warm water cup and time how long it takes to raise the thermometer 10 degrees. Then we will repeat the process with the hot water.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. thermometer <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. three cups <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. cool water <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. hot water <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. warm water <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. stop watch ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Materials: ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- rock, paper, plastic cup, cardboard, rubber bands, aluminum foil, tree branch, metal pan with a lid, lighter, clear space ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Variable ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- objects to be burned ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <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;">- ||
 * <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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